Crude oil imports are likely to go up by 9.1 percent this year to 212 million tons, according to a report from oil and gas producer China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC).

China: Crude oil imports to increase this year.

GL organized, with the support of MAN and Aalborg, a Workshop on the issue of Low Sulphur Fuels and the implementation of the EU Directive in force from January 1st, 2010, which requires the use of maximum 0.1% sulphur content fuel on ships at berth in EU.

Wile world energy consumption is expected to grow in 2010, it will only be adding 1.1 million barrels of consumption and will remain below its past peak consumption.

According the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) latest energy outlook, while world energy consumption is expected to grow in 2010, it will only be adding 1.1 million barrels of consumption and will remain below its past peak consumption.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO EU DIRECTIVE 2005/33/EC ON MARINE FUEL SULPHUR LIMIT, TO BE ENFORCED ON 1 JANUARY 2010

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In the month of October 2009, Viswa Lab received 3 sets of samples bunkered in Houston/Lake Charles/Galveston. In at least two of the cases the supplier was the same.

In all the cases, damage has been reported to fuel injectors and fuel pumps.

With just few days to go before the  1  January  2010  start-date for  the European Union  (EU) rule  mandating  consumption  of  0.1% sulphur  content marine  gasoil  (MGO) in  port,  shipowners  are  investigating all  options  to  ensure  that  auxiliary diesel  engines  and  boilers  will  safely accommodate the new fuel.

Sulphur reduction was under discussion this week at the 57th session of the IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 57) meeting in London. According to one of the options the sulphur cap for fuel used in SECAs is to be 1.00% from early in 2010, dropping to 0.10% in 2015, and for the global sulphur cap to be reduced to 0.50% from 2018.....