Sinopec to Supply Low Sulphur Bunker Fuel Starting 2019

October 18, 2018

© Igor Groshev / Adobe Stock
© Igor Groshev / Adobe Stock

China's Sinopec will start supply lower sulphur bunker fuel meeting IMO 2020 standard in 2019, Liu Zurong, General Manager of Sinopec Fuel Oil Company said on Thursday.

All of Sinopec's supplies will meet IMO 2020 standard by Jan. 1, 2020, Liu said at an oil conference in Zhoushan, near Shanghai.

Sinopec is aiming to sell lower fuel bunker fuel to Singapore and some "One Belt One Road" countries by 2020, Liu said.


(Reporting by Meng Meng and Aizhu Chen; editing by David Evans)

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