据道琼斯10月17日消息，周三在日内瓦举行的Argus全球原料峰会上，一位资深贸易商表示，随着国际海事组织(IMO)2020年起强制将船舶燃料的硫含量从当前的3.5%大幅下调至0.5%的规定渐行渐近，炼油企业和船运企业面临着迄今为止最大的监管变化。因此,炼油厂需要作出应对以减少市场上的高硫燃油供应，同时增加低硫馏份油如柴油的供应。燃料公司将需要改变燃料混合策略，航运业需要应对燃料成本增加。该贸易商表示，航运公司可以选择购买含硫量为0.5%的燃油产品、安装洗涤器或使用液化天然气等替代燃料，以遵守新规定。与此同时，IMO 2020将成为“数十年来炼油行业最大的变化之一，影响到几乎所有的燃料收率因素”，即每天约350万至400万桶的需求。
张春晓 摘译自 道琼斯
原文如下：
DJ IMO 2020 to Reshape Oil Refining, Shipping Industries, Trader Says
Oil refiners and shippers are facing one of the biggest regulatory upheavals to date, with the International Maritime Organization's 2020 mandate that bunker fuel contain a maximum of 0.5% sulfur, compared with the current standard of 3.5%. As a result, refineries will need to react to decreasing high-sulfur fuel oils in the market--in favor of lower-sulfur distillates like diesel--bunker companies will need to change fuel blending strategies and the shipping industry will need to react to increased fuel costs, said a senior trader during the annual Argus global crude summit in Geneva Wednesday. Shippers will have a choice to become compliant with the new rules by either purchasing fuel products with 0.5% sulfur levels, installing scrubbers or using an alternative fuel source like liquefied natural gas, the trader said. Meanwhile, IMO 2020 will be "one of the biggest changes to the refining industry in decades, influencing almost all elements of fuel yield," or roughly 3.5 million- to 4 million barrels a day of demand.
