Why 2020 could be a crisis year for refiners

Reuters Daniel Becerril

New fuel specifications are set to send shockwaves through oil markets, but a new wave of low-sulphur fuel oil coming online could create a new market-crippling glut.

The refining industry around the world has carefully planned to boost compliant fuel production in the back end of the year, expecting windfall from the IMO-effect in the months immediately preceding the shipping rules change.

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