Shift in marine fuel use to push diesel prices up

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Socially sensitive petroleum products, primarily shipping fuel, may rise by as much as P5.00 to P7.00 per liter early part of next year when the maritime industry shifts its fuel usage to a cleaner alternative with 5,000 parts per million (ppm) of sulfur from currently at 35,000 ppm of sulfur content, according to industry estimates.

The Department of Energy is not keen on giving its own calculation of cost impacts, but it indicated that some products – including diesel may incur significant price adjustment.

To ease the cost backlash in the Philippine oil market and the shipping sector, there are current proposals to also enforce “Pantawid Dagat Program”, similar to the “Pantawid Pasada” as a subsidy mechanism relative to this development. Domestically, it is the Maritime Industry Authority that has been working on a roadmap to delay the 0.5-percent sulfur content for the domestic shipping industry.

 

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