SK能源停止韩国西部港口船用燃料油供应

据全球石油新闻2019年12月4日新加坡报道，韩国最大的炼油企业SK能源公司（SK Energy）的一名官员本周在首尔表示，SK能源公司从韩国第4大炼油企业韩国现代炼油公司获得的油库终端租约在12月到期以后，该公司已停止向韩国西部港口供应船用燃料油。

这名官员说：“我们已经停止了在西部的船用燃料油供应，因为我们租赁油库终端的合同已经到期。我们将把供应集中在韩国南部港口。”

SK 能源公司一直从新加坡进口高硫燃料油船货，并把高硫燃料油储存在韩国南部的丽水终端和韩国西部的平泽终端。到2020年，SK能源公司将停止进口高硫燃料油，并从自己的炼油厂生产符合要求的低硫燃料油。

国际海事组织(IMO)将从2020年1月1日起实施全球船用燃料含硫上限，从目前的3.5%降至0.5%。

SK能源公司将在明年3月启动其4万桶/天的脱硫装置的商业化生产，以供应符合国际海事组织2020年规定要求的低硫船用燃料。

这名官员表示：“到2020年，SK能源公司将不再需要另一个储存高硫燃料油的终端。”

李峻 编译自 全球石油新闻

原文如下：

SK Energy ceases bunker fuel supply at South Korea's western ports

South Korea's top refiner SK Energy has stopped the supply of bunker fuel at the country's western ports following the expiration of its tank terminal lease from Hyundai Oilbank in December, a company official said this week.

"We have stopped offering in the west as our contract to lease the tank terminals has expired. We will be focusing our supply at the southern ports," the official said.

SK Energy has been importing high sulfur fuel oil cargoes from Singapore and storing the fuel at its terminals in Yosu in the south and Pyongtaek in the west. Come 2020, it will stop imports of HSFO and produce the compliant low sulfur fuel oil out of its own refinery.

The International Maritime Organization's global sulfur cap of 0.5% for bunker fuels, down from the current limit of 3.5%, will come into effect on January 1, 2020.

SK Energy will start commercial production at its 40,000 b/d desulfurization unit in March next year to supply low sulfur marine fuels that are compliant with the IMO 2020 mandate.

"There will not be a need for another terminal to store HSFO come 2020," the official said.