This invention relates to a diesel fuel composition having enhanced
lubricity, said composition comprising a major amount of a diesel fuel as
base fuel blended with a minor amount of a nitrogen rich fraction
characterised in that the nitrogen rich fraction is derived from a source
material selected from (i) a solvent extract of a solid or semi-solid
natural fossil, or, (ii) a refinery process stream or blend, the sulphur
to nitrogen atom ratio in the nitrogen rich fraction being less than 4.
The nitrogen rich fraction has an absolute nitrogen content of at least
1000 ppm by weight and this fraction is (re)blended with the base fuel is
no more than 1% by weight of the total fuel composition. Methods of
separating, recovering and reblending such naturally occurring nitrogen
compounds can be installed or retrofitted at existing refinery and crude
oil processing facilities without any substantial increase in production
costs.