Ben Richardson, CEO at SulNOx, confident they can cost-effectively decarbonise commercial shipping. Watch the video here.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vertoro_decarbonisation-energytransition-sustainability-activity-7053665408779767809-JRzC?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
The future of crude sugar oil (#CSO) as a marine fuel is looking sweeter everyday :)
Sugars, produced by #photosynthesis driving direct air capture of #CO2 and #hydrogen production have fuelled nearly every living organism for the better part of 3 billion years.
Needless to say, this production technology is mature and unbelievably vastly deployed, taking out in excess of 100 billion tons of CO2 for the atmosphere every year!
Together with our partner Quadrise Plc , we have developed a sustainable, low-cost, and scaleable pathway to use CSO to help decarbonize the hard to abate (deep-sea) shipping sector.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/quadrise-international-ltd_interim-results-activity-7048930526677606400-EoJX?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
Quadrise continues to progress its key projects and is well-placed to help decarbonise the energy and marine sectors through its existing and future fuel solutions.
HF. The report states that they are in talks with feedstock providers as opposed to fuel manufacturers, it would appear that the terminal is the most likely scenario certainly for poc and start of Lono with smaller amounts of fuel required, talks with refiners would be at interim Lono
Utah - Following the signature of the Commercial Development Agreement with Valkor Technologies LLC ("Valkor") in April 2022, discussions are continuing with regard to the supply of a license and manufacturing unit to enable Valkor to produce MSAR® and bioMSAR™ from oil produced at their oil-sand deposit sites at Asphalt Ridge in Utah. These discussions are expected to conclude shortly. The oil sands reserves at Asphalt Ridge comprise billions of barrels, with Valkor having interests in multiple projects at this location
. Oil samples supplied by Valkor were successfully converted to both MSAR® and bioMSAR™ by our RDI team at QRF in 2022.
Picked something out of it, we have had samples from Steve Byles Utah drilling programme and they were tested successfully.
https://oilandgasmagazine.com.mx/2023/03/ordenan-que-refineria-de-tula-no-opere-a-mas-del-75-por-contingencia/?utm_content=bufferff609&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer
Due to an environmental contingency in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico, some measures were decreed that will affect operations in the energy sector.
The Megalopolis Environmental Commission (CAMe) informs that Phase I of the atmospheric environmental contingency due to ozone is maintained in the Metropolitan Zone of the Valley of Mexico , in order to reduce the population's exposure to polluted air and the risk of affectation to your health, as well as to reduce the emission of pollutants.
Therefore, the "Miguel Hidalgo" Refinery in Tula, Hidalgo, will not operate at more than 75% of the total process capacity, reducing the combustion capacity in direct fire heaters and boilers in process and power plants.
In addition, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) must apply a 30% reduction in fuel oil consumption at the "Francisco Pérez Ríos" Thermoelectric Power Plant in Tula, Hidalgo.
They know the cure
ETA Dalian updated to midnight on the 2nd April Lt
She has just left Singapore, due in Dalian on 31st, draught of 9.3 m so she’s pretty unladen just as hoped
Leandra has a second bunker barge alongside, Sea Solidarity, Hai Soon 16 was alongside this morning just after she berthed. Wouldn’t have thought she would take on too much fuel for dry docking, the journey to Dalia is 3100 Nm, 6-7 days at 150 tonnes a day, one barge holds vastly more than that.
Agreed, but it would get the trials underway which gives time for a MMU to be set up at a refinery, announcing a partnership with a refiner or shell would be welcome and a massive confidence booster.
So it would be nice to think that the PoC volumes have been or are being manufactured. Less than a month for both 1000t volumes. The Maersk PoC fuel came from Latvia via train if I remember correctly
The arrangement for trials does not necessarily need to be the same for commercial. Could be a more ad-hoc temporary arrangement at a refuelling terminal for PoC and LONO, and then transition to a full refinery installation later.
So there was a MMU set up for the Morocco trial, that should still be available for the PoC volumes. Any clues as to whereabouts and size
I'm with you 100% that the trial should start in May, perhaps ongoing availability of the vessel can be brought up at the upcoming IMC for clarification, hoping the results aren't too vague and give clarity on where we are.
From the framework agreement
The proof-of-concept tests for each of bioMSAR™ and MSAR® will be conducted on a vessel now owned by MSC that was previously used for prior successful MSAR® demonstrations on a 69MW 2-stroke engine and commence by no later than 31 December 2022, subject to the ongoing availability of the vessel
Vessel availability would be the only foreseeable hindrance but with capacity slowing this should be easily overcome.
There was a mention when we first signed with MSC that 2 engineers that previously worked with Maersk on the POC and LONO trials would join the trial Vessel/s, not had any mention further on this since so may get something in the update.
Leandra should leave dry dock at the end of April or there abouts, if MSC are serious about our fuel then fuel supply should be announced to coincide with her departure from dry dock which will put her on her new routing, all anticipation will put her on a NW Europe route taking in Rotterdam