1. A PETROLEUM DISTILLATE BOILING WITHIN THE GASOLINE AND KEROSENE BOILING RANGES HAVING A REDUCED TENDENCY TO ACCUMULATE ELECTROSTATEC CHARGES DURING MOVEMENT THEREOF, CONTAINING PER LITER FROM ABOUT 1X10**-9 TO ABOUT 1X10**-5 GRAM ATOMS OF CHROMIUM AS THE CHROMIUM SALT OF C8-C22 ALKYL SALICYCLIC ACIDS, SAID SALT HAVING BEEN PREPARED BY HEATING AN ALKALI METAL SALT OF A C2-C20 ALKYL SALICYCLIC ACID WITH CHROMIUM HALIDE TO FORM A CHROMIUM ALKYL SALICYCLATE, AND EXPOSING THE SALICYLATE TO A TEMPERATURE OF 100*-200*C. IN THE PRESENCE OF 1.0-1.5% BY WEIGHT OF AN OXIDIZING AGENT OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF (A) A NITROHYDROCARBON SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISITNG OF C1-4 NITROALKANES CONTAINING 1-4 NITRO GROUPS AND MONO- TO DI-NITRO AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS HAVING 6-20 CARBON ATOMS PR MOLECULE, (B) AN INORGANIC NITRATE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTIG OF AMMONIUM AND CHROMIUM NITRATE AND (C) A PEROXIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF HYDROGEN, ACYL AND ALKYL PEROXIDES.