全球炼油商业已提高清洁船用燃料产量

据烃加工网1月2日报道，全球炼油厂已经升级了加工装置，并调整了运营，以提高低硫残留燃料和船用汽油的产量，为自1月1日起实施的更严格的运输燃料标准做准备。

新的国际海事组织（IMO）规则禁止船舶使用含硫量超过0.5％的燃料，而截至12月底，该比例为3.5％，除非配备了废气清洁“洗涤塔”。

航运业每天消耗约400万桶船用燃料，该规则的变更将影响全球50,000多艘商船，为燃料生产商打开了一个重要的新市场。

郝芬 译自 烃加工网

原文如下：

Global refiners raise cleaner shipping fuel output ahead of IMO 2020

Global oil refiners have upgraded processing units and adjusted operations to raise output of low-sulfur residual fuels and marine gasoil (MGO) to prepare for stricter shipping fuel standards that kicked in align="justify">The new International Maritime Organization (IMO) rules prohibit ships from using fuels containing more than 0.5% sulfur, compared with 3.5% through the end of December, unless they are equipped with exhaust-cleaning “scrubbers”.

The shipping industry consumes about 4 million barrels per day (bpd) of marine bunker fuels, and the rule changes will impact more than 50,000 merchant ships globally, opening a significant new market for fuel producers.