Ships set to burn raw crude oil to beat new clean fuel rules
INTERNATIONAL – For almost three years, the oil industry has been puzzling over how to supply merchant ships with fuel that will meet tough new environmental standards.
Turns out part of the solution was sitting in the ground and under ocean floors all the while: crude oil.
Oil from off the U.K.’s coast, which requires blending — but no refining — before being used as a ship fuel, is now being marketed as just that. Similar crudes from places like West Africa and Australia can also be used with little modification. Suitable supplies are ideally low in sulfur and not too flammable.
Source: iol.co.za