Sinopec Announces 10m Ton LSFO Production for IMO 2020

Sinopec, China’s largest oil refining company, schedules the production capability of 10 million tons of low-sulfur marine fuel oil by 2020 and attainment of 15 million tons by 2023, reports Seatrade Maritime News.

Zhoushan and other China major ports covered

Sinopec also committed to building the sales and supply network of low-sulphur marine fuel oil.

Zhoushan and other China major ports will be fully covered with Sinopec production by 1 January 2020, and over 50 major overseas ports will be...

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Sinopec aims to produce 10 million tonnes of LSFO by 2020

On Wednesday, May 5, Sinopec announced the production capability of 10 million and 15 million tons of low-sulphur marine fuel oil in 2020 and 2023. By 2020, Zhoushan and other China major ports will be fully covered with Sinopec product availability, and more than 50 key overseas ports, including Singapore, will be covered with Sinopec supply ability.

As Sinopec highlighted during its press conference, the goal will contribute to 600,000 tonnes of sulphur oxide emissions reduction, equivalent to...

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The Bunkerspot Update 09/04/2019

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Hainan refinery ships low sulphur marine fuel

Sinopec’s subsidiary refinery in Singapore’s province of Hainan delivered its first shipment of low-sulphur bunker fuel, complying with upcoming IMO 2020 sulphur cap regulation. Namely, a ship with 2,200 tonnes of low-sulphur fuel departed the Hainan refinery in late February heading to Ningbo on the east coast.

According to local media, the fuel will be put to pilot use at a maritime institution in Shanghai.

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The Hainan plant is currently the second refinery...

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Sinopec Shanghai refinery produces low-sulphur bunker fuel

Sinopec’s Shanghai refinery produced its first set of low-sulphur bunker fuel, amounting a total of 6,000 tonnes. The Shanghai refinery now became the first in China to produce low sulphur fuel oil, in order to comply with upcoming IMO rules.

As Reuters informed, the company produced 6,000 metric tonnes (mt) of the 0.5% very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).

Moreover, the company informed that the Shanghai refinery became the first in China to produce the VLSFO, which will comply with the IMO 2020...

https://safety4sea.com/sinopec-shanghai-refinery-produces-low-sulphur-bunker-fuel/