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Fri 26 Apr 2019, 14:16 GMT

Petrobras produces first batch of VLSFO; performs maiden delivery


VLSFO produced in Manaus; 0.34%S cargo delivered to vessel on April 21.

Image credit: Petrobras
Physical bunker supplier Petrobras confirmed on Friday that it has produced its first batch of very low-sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) and already carried out its first bunker delivery of the IMO 2020-compliant product.

The newly produced fuel was made at the company's Isaac Sabbá refinery in Manaus, located in the Brazilian state of Amazonas.

On April 21, a vessel chartered to Petrobras subsequently received 618 metric tonnes of VLSFO with 0.34 percent sulphur content, a viscosity of 323 centistoke (cSt) at 50 degrees Celsius (deg C) and a specific gravity of 0.9327 at 15 deg C.

Petrobras noted that other refineries in its network were also in the process of testing the production of fuel that complies with the upcoming 0.5 percent global cap on sulphur content, which is due to come into force in January.

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