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Singapore bio, LNG bunker demand firm: Correction

  • Mercados: Biofuels, Natural gas, Oil products
  • 18/10/23

Corrects to 76pc VLSFO share of B24 biofuel VLSFO and Ucome blend in 3rd para

Singapore biofuel blends and LNG for bunkering demand firmed in September, with more vessels trialing biofuels in preparation for EU's new CO2 regulations in 2024 and lower LNG prices.

Singapore's demand for biofuel blends for bunkering more than doubled to 43,000 metric tonnes (t) in September, compared with 19,800t during the same period last year, data from the maritime and port authority of Singapore (MPA) showed. LNG demand was up to 7,710t fuel oil-equivalent from 950t.

The EU will require that vessel operators traveling in, out and within EU territorial waters pay for 40pc of their CO2 emissions. Singapore B24 biofuel for bunkering, a blend of 24pc used cooking oil methyl ester (Ucome) and 76pc very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO), was assessed at $221.5/t premium, or 34pc premium to the VLSFO average in September, Argus data showed. But ships traveling between Singapore and the EU have been trailing the low-carbon B24 biofuel blend in preparation for 2024. Biofuel for bunker suppliers in Singapore include Alpha Biofuels, BP, Chevron, CNC Petroleum, ExxonMobil, Global Energy Trading, GoodFuels, Minerva, TotalEnergies, Vitol's subsidiary V-Bunkers and XFuel.

Southeast Asian LNG was pegged at $108.9/t VLSFO-equivalent discount to Singapore VLSFO in September, compared with $1,274.2/t VLSFO-equivalent premium in September 2022, Argus data showed. LNG for bunkering suppliers in Singapore include TotalEnergies, Pavilion Energy, and FueLNG, a joint venture between Shell and Keppel Offshore and Marine.

Despite the demand increase, biofuel blends accounted for 1pc and LNG for 0.2pc of Singapore's total marine fuel demand in September.

By comparison, marine gasoil (MGO), VLSFO and high-sulphur fuel oil (HSFO) accounted for 3.7pc, 57.6pc and 34.5pc, respectively, of Singapore's total marine fuel demand. MGO demand was down by 15pc to 285,320t in September, from 335,700t during the same period last year. VLSFO demand was nearly flat at 2.45mn t and HSFO demand spiked up by 27pc to 1.47mn t from 1.16mn t during the same period in 2022.


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