Question 229General Subjects - Assistant Engineer

The correct answer is A) Heavy residual fuel oil. Heavy residual fuel oil, also known as bunker fuel, has a density that is closest to that of water compared to the other fuel oil options. This is because heavy residual fuel oil contains the heaviest, most dense components of crude oil after the lighter distillate fractions have been removed through the refining process. The high density of heavy residual fuel oil means it is more likely to form an oily-water mixture with a density approaching that of water, making it the most likely fuel oil type in the answer choices. The other options, such as marine diesel oil (B), distillate/residual fuel oil blends (C), and light distillate oil (D), have lower densities and are less likely to form an oily-water mixture with a density similar to water.