Extensive work by EnSys Energy on Trans Mountain and other major Canadian pipeline projects was referenced in an article on the Canadian government’s purchase of Trans Mountain. EnSys president, Martin Tallett, pointed to how Canada is almost totally reliant on U.S. markets, given the failure of the Northern Gateway and Energy East projects and how […]
Continue ReadingBetween last June and February Martin Tallett has presented on marine fuels at the Platts Marine Fuel and Resid Conference, the Natural Gas for High Horsepower Summit and the Crude Oil Quality Association. The COQA presentation summarizes current EnSys-Navigistics on the outlook for 2020 and beyond. Details are available through our services. For more information […]
Continue ReadingMARPOL Annex VI – Potential for Significant Impacts on Crude (and Product) Flows In October 2016, the International Maritime Organization determined that the MARPOL Annex VI Global Sulfur Cap would come into force on January 1st 2020 – rather than be deferred to 2025. The effect has been to thrust an often-overlooked corner of the […]
Continue ReadingTransCanada has canceled its plans for the Energy East Pipeline. The proposed 2,765-mile pipeline system would have transported up to 1.1 million bpd of crude oil from western Canada to eastern markets for exportation. The National Energy Board (NEB) had previously announced that environmental review of the pipeline would examine the effects of both upstream […]
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Martin Tallett, President of EnSys Energy, was recently quoted in a Financial Times entitled, “New shipping fuel regulation set to hit commodities.” The article addresses the potential impacts of the IMO’s Global Sulphur Rule on the price of marine fuels and other commodities. In the article, Tallett discusses the effect of limiting the sulphur content […]
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Martin Tallett, President of EnSys Energy and David St. Amand, President of Navigistics Consulting are to present at Maritime Week Americas 2017 on impacts of the 2020 Global Sulphur Rule. The Petrospot conference is slated to run from May 22-26, 2017 in Miami, Florida. To see the complete program: https://www.petrospot.com/events/mwa17-miami/programme/mwa17-miami-conference
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The OPEC World Oil Outlook 2016 is now published and available. As in previous years, EnSys is pleased to contribute to this very thorough, annual examination of developments in the global oil sector, working closely with the Secretariat to assess the downstream outlook and challenges from the medium term through 2035. The publication is a […]
Continue ReadingPlease feel free to download the EnSys/Navigistics MEPC70 presentation and/or our Supplemental Study Summary and Full Report as submitted to the IMO in the lead-up to MEPC70. Also, see our review of the MEPC70 decision and the recently launched EnSys/Navigistics ‘Marine Fuels 2020 Service‘. EnSys-Navigistics recently authored a Hydrocarbon Processing article “Anticipated market and pricing impacts from new marine […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday October 27th at MEPC70, the IMO confirmed that the MARPOL Annex VI Global 0.5% Sulphur Rule (henceforth referred to as the Global Sulphur Rule) will enter into force on January 1st 2020. Concerns expressed regarding availability, suitability and stability of Marine Fuel blends and over ensuring consistent implementation led the MEPC Chairman to […]
Continue ReadingOn Thursday October 27, 2016 the International Maritime Organization (IMO) decided to implement the MARPOL Annex VI Global Sulphur Cap on January 1st, 2020. EnSys Energy and Navigistics Consulting presented the results of their Supplemental Marine Fuel Availability Study at MEPC70 on Monday October 24th – download the EnSys Energy/Navigistics Consulting MEPC70 presentation here. EnSys […]
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