To scrub or not to scrub One way or another, ship owners are soon going to have to make big, and in some cases expensive, changes to meet compliance. New International Maritime Organization (IMO) regulations coming into force at the start of 2020 will slash the allowed concentration of sulphur oxides in fuel from the current 3.5% to just 0.5%. While strict sulphur limits had already been a fact of life for operators sailing in Emission Control Areas in Europe and North America, these new ca

Hi Jan, That is coming from the perspective of E&P and Upstream side. I dont mind if ship owners and operators want to go full throttle to load up on scrubbers, there is no law against it and there is nothing holding them back except for capital investment and time and logistics. My side of the equation is 1) We upgrade a producers crude oil for a fee and royalty to reduce sulphur, heavy metals and other contaminants 2) We do the same process with refineries who want to f

IMO2020 To scrub or not to scrub