The Editorial Board of the scientific journal “Journal of Mining Institute” hereby notifies of the retraction of the article Mitusova T.N., Kondrasheva N.K., Lobashova M.M., Ershov M.A., Rudko V.A. Influence of dispersing additives and blend composition on stability of marine high-viscosity fuels. Journal of Mining Institute. 2017. Vol. 228, p. 722-725. DOI: 10.25515/PMI.2017.6.722 URL: https://pmi.spmi.ru/pmi/article/view/11500 (accessed 15.06.2026) Retraction date: 07.07.2026. Initiator of the retraction: Editorial Board of the Journal of Mining Institute. Reason for the retraction: identification of violations of publication ethics – detection of duplicate publications, as well as manipulation of authorship. Mitusova T.N., Kondrasheva N.K., Lobashova M.M., Ershov M.A., Rudko V.A., Titarenko M.A. Determination and Improvement of Stability of High-Viscosity Marine Fuels. Chemistry and Technology of Fuels and Oils. 2017. N 6 (604), p. 22-24. URL: https://www.nitu.ru/xttm/2017_6.pdf (accessed 15.06.2026) The retracted publication does not have a link to the published version of the article. Basis for retraction: Editorial Board decision, proceedings N 45 dated 07.07.2026. Authors’ comment: the author (Rudko V.A.) does not deny the existence of significant textual and substantive overlaps between the two articles published in different journals. The author states that the co-authors from the Mining University (Rudko V.A. and Kondrasheva N.K.) were unaware of the work with other journal and the inclusion of a new co-author. The duplicate publication occurred due to uncoordinated actions by the author team. No comments were received from the remaining co-authors.
The article offers a definition of the stability of marine high-viscosity fuel from the point of view of the colloid-chemical concept of oil dispersed systems. The necessity and importance of the inclusion in the current regulatory requirements of this quality parameter of high-viscosity marine fuel is indicated. The objects of the research are high-viscosity marine fuels, the basic components of which are heavy oil residues: fuel oil that is the atmospheric residue of oil refining and viscosity breaking residue that is the product of light thermal cracking of fuel oil. As a thinning agent or distillate component, a light gas oil was taken from the catalytic cracking unit. The stability of the obtained samples was determined through the xylene equivalent index, which characterizes the stability of marine high-viscosity fuel to lamination during storage, transportation and operation processes. To improve performance, the resulting base compositions of high-viscosity marine fuels were modified by introducing small concentrations (0.05 % by weight) of stabilizing additives based on oxyethylated amines of domestic origin and alkyl naphthalenes of foreign origin.
