According to an article published by All India Radio, the organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has said the Gulf region needs more peace and stability to ensure the flow of oil supplies.
Increased tension affected oil supplies
OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo in a press statement in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday said any tension that occurs in the region affects the whole world. He was speaking during the official launch of the project to establish the 250,000-barrels per day (bpd) capacity refinery to produce the International Maritime Organisation, IMO, 2020-compliant bunker fuel in Fujairah.
More clarity required
Barkindo added that it is too early to talk about OPEC’s decision to continue to reduce the production of oil producing countries and their allies. He pointed out that OPEC still needs more accurate data on the market and that the final decision on whether to continue to reduce or not will be determined in June.
New refinery to be built
UAE-based Brooge Petroleum and Gas Investment yesterday unveiled a plan to build the refinery to produce IMO 2020-compliant bunker fuel in Fujairah, scheduled for completion by the first quarter of 2020. From 1st January 2020, IMO will enforce its Marpol Annex VI regulation mandating all ocean-going vessels to burn bunker fuels with a maximum sulphur content of 0.5%, down from the current limit of 3.5%.
Conclusion
The refinery will be the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa to comply with the upcoming IMO 2020 regulation. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has ruled that from 1st January 2020, marine sector emissions in international waters be slashed to 0.5%. IMO 2020 regulations will see the largest reduction in the sulphur content of a transportation fuel undertaken at one time.
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Source: AIR
