Following EnSys-Navigistics’ release of their 2018 Marine Fuels 2020 Update Report, Lesley Bankes-Hughes of Bunkerspot published a feature on Martin Tallett and Dave St. Amand’s key findings. “As the global 0.50% sulphur cap draws near, there are still more questions than answers about key issues such as compliant fuel availability, fuel storage and barging capacity, […]
Continue ReadingEnSys Energy and Navigistics Consulting just completed a full update of their Supplemental Marine Fuel Availability Study covering the IMO’s 2020 marine fuel regulation limiting Sulphur content to 0.5% – unless subject to the 0.1% limit inside of special Emission Control Areas (ECAs). The original Supplemental Marine Fuel Availability Study was submitted to IMO at […]
Continue ReadingExtensive 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 […]
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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 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 […]
Continue ReadingCrude Stockpiles Rise During the month of October, U.S. crude oil inventories rose 14 million barrels to a total of 482 million barrels. Also during the month, according to Baker Hughes, the U.S. oil rig count rose from 425 to 441. The EIA also published its October Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) price projections for […]
Continue ReadingInventories Rise while Prices and Production Fall According to the EIA, during August, US crude inventories rose by 3.4 million barrels to 525.9 million barrels. As crude inventories remain high, the EIA expects “global oil inventory builds to average 0.5 million b/d in the second half of 2016, limiting upward price pressures in the coming […]
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