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THIS INVENTION RELATES TO MIDDLE DISTILLATES HAVING BIODEGRADABILITY PROPERTIES AND TO A PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH DISTILLATES. MORE PARTICULARLY, THIS INVENTION RELATES TO MIDDLE DISTILLATES PRODUCED FROM A MAINLY PARAFFINIC SYNTHETIC CRUDE WHICH IS PRODUCED BY THE REACTION OF CO AND H₂, TYPICALLY BY THE FISCHER-TROPSCH (FT) PROCESS. THE MIDDLE DISTILLATE ACCORDING TO THE INVENTION MAY BE A DIESEL FUEL, HAVING AN AROMATIC CONTENT OF LESS THAN 9%, AS DETERMINDED BY THE ASTM D 5186 OR IP 391 TEST METHOD. THE PARAFFINIC CHAINS OF THE MIDDLE DISTILLATE MAY BE PREDOMINANTLY ISOPARAFFINS.(FIGURE 1)
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