低硫燃料油价格上涨表明全球船用清洁燃料供应趋紧_顺水财经_顺水网

原标题：低硫燃料油价格上涨表明全球船用清洁燃料供应趋紧 来源：中国石化

中国石化新闻网讯 据能源世界网1月11日纽约报道，市场参与者说，最近几个月，极低硫燃料油的价格上涨，这表明人们越来越担心，没有足够的燃料来遵守今年生效的新的全球航运法规。

最近，极低硫燃料油（VLSFO）的交易价格可与船用轻油相媲美，轻油是油轮使用的一种柴油。这表明，随着油轮从高硫燃料转向更清洁的产品，以符合旨在减少排放的国际海事组织规定，炼油厂可能需要增加VLSFO的产量。

根据这些规定，航运人要么需要使用硫含量不超过0.5％的燃料，要么安装可以净化高硫燃料以减少排放的洗涤塔。IMO 2020法规影响全球5万多艘商船。

亚洲和欧洲以及现在美国的贸易市场供应趋紧。数据显示，周三休斯顿的VLSFO交易价格为每吨642美元，而船用汽油的交易价格为每吨667美元。价差25美元而在半年前为152美元。

这表明VLSFO的产量不足，并且炼油厂春季将进入维护季时引发了对供应的担忧。

数据显示，新加坡的价差已经缩小到15美元，而鹿特丹缩小到3美元。新加坡VLSFO与安装洗涤塔的托运人使用的高硫燃料之间的价差为每吨330美元，休斯顿为每吨272美元。航运消息人士表示，这种价差大于船东的预期，有利于安装洗涤器的油轮运营商。

休斯敦Lipow Oil Associates总裁Andy Lipow表示，VLSFO的需求可能会促使炼油厂在今年晚些时候增加供应。对于VLSFO来说，这是一个不错的高价。 我们将达到新的平衡。

郝芬 译自 能源世界网

原文如下：

Rising prices show tighter supplies of cleaner fuel for global shipping

The price of very low-sulfur fuel oil has risen in recent months, a sign of increasing worry there is not enough of the fuel to comply with new global shipping laws that took effect this year, market participants said.

Very low-sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) lately has started to trade at levels comparable to marine gasoil, a type of diesel fuel used by tankers. That is an indication that refineries may need to increase production of VLSFO as tankers shift from dirtier, high-sulfur fuel to a cleaner product to comply with International Maritime Organization regulations designed to reduce smog.

Under those rules, shippers either need to use fuels with a sulfur content not exceeding 0.5 per cent, or install scrubbers that can clean higher-sulfur fuels to reduce emissions. The rules, known as IMO 2020, affect more than 50,000 merchant ships worldwide.

Supply has tightened in trading markets in Asia and Europe and now in the United States. On Wednesday VLSFO in Houston traded at $642 per tonne, compared with $667 per tonne for marine gasoil, data showed. That $25 spread was at $152 half a year ago.

That suggests not enough VLSFO is being produced and raises concerns about supply this coming spring when refiners go into maintenance season.

The spread in Singapore has narrowed to $15, while in Rotterdam it has narrowed to $3, data showed.

The spread between VLSFO and high-sulfur fuel used by shippers that installed scrubbers was $330 per tonne in Singapore and $272 per tonne in Houston, S P Global Platts data showed. That spread was greater than shipowners expected, benefiting tanker operators that installed scrubbers, shipping sources said.

VLSFO demand could prompt refiners to increase supplies later this year, said Andy Lipow, president of Lipow Oil Associates in Houston. This is a nice, high price for VLSFO. We ll reach some new equilibrium, he said.

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