Petroleum- Interesting FACTS #2

It is standard practice that gasoline is stored in red containers; diesel is stored in yellow containers; kerosene is stored in blue cans and oil combustibles are stored in green containers.

It is vitally important to the safe operation of our business to keep fuels stored properly and easily identified. The safe handling of flammables and combustibles requires you to provide training and safety rules which include having the proper fuel storage containers on hand.

Gasoline, kerosene, diesel and certain combustible oils are the most common fuels used in businesses. To be safe, the need for several different fuel storage container types and sizes are used. The fuel storage containers are made of top quality material.

Color-Coded Containers

When working around several different types of fuels and other fluids, it is important to keep them contained and stored so that you will always know which chemicals are in which fuel storage container. Color coding helps immensely. 

To find additional information as look at each of the product lines but, in general: 

1.  Gasoline is stored in Red containers; 

2.  Diesel is stored in Yellow containers; 

3.  Kerosene is stored in Blue cans and 

4.  Oil combustibles are stored in Green containers.