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JLC China Bunker Market Monthly Report (July 2022)

China’s bonded bunker fuel sales rebounded in July when domestic supply tightness eased and more bonded bunker suppliers launched business, JLC data showed.
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Beijing-based commodity market information provider JLC Network Technology Co. recently shared its JLC China Bunker monthly report for July 2022 with Manifold Times through an exclusive arrangement:

Bunker Fuel Demand

Bonded bunker fuel sales rebound in July

China’s bonded bunker fuel sales rebounded in July when domestic supply tightness eased and more bonded bunker suppliers launched business.

The country’s bonded bunker fuel sales settled at around 1.68 mln mt in the month, a rally of 8.38% from June, JLC’s data shows.

Domestic supply increased as Chinese refineries’ production of LSFO surged in July. In addition, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) Sales (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. started to supply bonded bunker fuel oil in July.

Chimbusco and Sinopec Zhoushan sold about 620,000 mt and 680,000 mt of bonded bunker fuel in July, JLC’s data indicates. Bonded bunker fuel sales for SinoBunker and China ChangJiang Bunker (Sinopec) were about 90,000 mt and 40,000 mt, respectively. Around 250,000 mt of of sales were made by suppliers who held local licenses, with PetroChina accounting for roughly 79,000 mt.

China’s bonded bunker fuel exports moved higher in June as the country further raised its LSFO production. The country exported about 1.51 million mt of bonded bunker fuel in June 2022, rising 2.37% from a month earlier, according to data from the General Administration of Customs of PRC (GACC).

Among these exports were roughly 1.41 million mt of heavy bunker fuel and 103,800 mt of light marine gas oil (MGO), accounting for 93.14% and 6.86% respectively.

Bonded bunker fuel exports by state-owned enterprises amounted to approximately 1.32 million mt in the month, accounting for 86.95%, while those by independent enterprises were 197,400 mt, accounting for 13.05%, the data indicates.

On a year-on-year comparison, the bonded bunker fuel exports fell by 14.10%, GACC data indicates.

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Domestic bunker fuel demand grows moderately in July

Domestic bunker fuel demand grew modestly in July when high temperatures at coastal regions caused more power consumption and fuel shipment.

The demand for domestic-trade heavy bunker fuel was around 400,000 mt in the month, growing by 80,000 mt or 25% month on month. Meanwhile, demand for light bunker fuel stabilized at roughly 150,000 mt, depressed by high prices.

Bunker Fuel Supply

Bonded bunker fuel imports hit 7-month high

China’s bonded bunker fuel imports leaped sharply and hit a 7-month high in June as domestic supply remained tight and Chinese suppliers’ stockpile was still low despite an increase in LSFO production.

China imported about 517,400 mt of bonded bunker fuel in June 2022, jumping 46.07% month on month, according to the data from the General Administration of Customs of PRC (GACC).

Though China ramped up its LSFO production in the month, the aggregate supply stayed relatively tight and failed to meet domestic demand. Most traders maintained low inventories amid insufficient supply and relatively abundant demand. Additionally, certain dealers who were optimistic about LSFO prices boosted their procurement of imported low-sulfur resources in the month with an expectation of rising bunker fuel prices in the short term.

In terms of the supplier, Malaysia overtook the UAE and ranked in the top position by exporting 277,800 mt of bonded bunker fuel to China, taking up 54% of China’s total bonded bunker fuel imports. The UAE slipped to second place with 180,600 mt, accounting for 35%. The followings were South Korea and Russia, with 41,000 mt from South Korea and 18,000 mt from Russia, accounting for 8% and 3% respectively. There was no imported bonded bunker fuel from Singapore during the month as the country’s LSFO supply continued to tighten and the supply of high-sulfur bunker fuel oil was affected by the contamination issue.

Despite a monthly surge in June, however, the bonded bunker fuel imports saw a drawdown from a year earlier, mainly as a result of softer demand amid the epidemic outbreaks. On a year-on-year comparison, the bonded bunker fuel imports dropped 16.28% in the month, GACC data indicates.

China tallied an accumulation of 2.45 million mt of imported bonded bunker fuel in the first half of this year, shrinking by more than a half from the first six months of 2021, GACC data also shows.

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Domestic blended bunker fuel supply extends gains in July

Chinese blenders supplied around 450,000 mt of heavy bunker fuel in total in July 2022, a rise of 70,000 mt or 18.4% from the previous month, JLC’s data shows.

In detail, the supply of low-sulfur asphalt, an important blendstock for heavy bunker fuel, increased in July when refineries’ operating rates climbed. Meanwhile, demand for coal-based diesel grew because of lower prices, and the supply of and demand for shale oil and light coal tar were largely balanced.

In contrast to the rise in heavy bunker fuel supply, the domestic marine gas oil (MGO) supply slipped to around 160,000 mt in the month, down by 10,000 mt or 5.88% from June.

Despite lower feedstock cost, blending margins were still low in July and blenders based their blending on rigid demand.

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JLC China Bunker Fuel Market Monthly Report is published by JLC Network Technology Co., Ltd every month on China bunker market, demand, supply, margin, freight index, forecast and so on. The report provides full-scale & concise insight into China bunker oil market.

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Note: China-based commodity market information provider JLC Technology has been providing Singapore bunkering publication Manifold Times China bunker volume data since 2020. Data from that period is available here.

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Published: 25 August, 2022

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Winding up

Singapore: Annual general meetings scheduled for Xihe Holdings subsidiaries

Annual general meetings of companies/creditors will be held electronically from between 21 July to 5 for 11 subsidiaries of Xihe Holdings.

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Several notices were published on the Government Gazette on Tuesday (26 May) regarding the annual general meetings of the companies and creditors to be held electronically from between 21 July to 5 August for 11 subsidiaries of Xihe Holdings. 

Annual general meetings for Xin Dun Shipping are to be held on 21 July at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 4pm

Annual general meetings for Xin Ya Shipping are to be held on 24 July at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 3pm

Annual general meetings for Xin Chun Shipping are to be held on 21 July at the following times:

  • For the company: 2pm
  • For the creditors: 3pm

Annual general meetings for Nan Sia Maritime are to be held on 24 July at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 2pm

Annual general meetings for Nan Hai Maritime are to be held on 23 July at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 3pm

Annual general meetings for Hua Xin Shipping are to be held on 4 August at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 3pm

Annual general meetings for Hua Kang Shipping are to be held on 23 July at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 2pm

Annual general meetings for Hua Gang Shipping are to be held on 4 August at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 2pm

Annual general meetings for Hua An Shipping are to be held on 22 July at the following time:

  • For the company and creditors: 4pm

Annual general meetings for Dong Fang Shipping are to be held on 22 July at the following times:

  • For the company: 2pm
  • For the creditors: 3pm

Annual general meeting for Nan Ya Maritime is to be held on 5 August at the following time:

  • For the company: 2pm

The agenda for all the meetings are:

  • To receive an update on the liquidation.
  • To receive an account of the Liquidators’ acts and dealings, and of the conduct of the winding up.

The following are the details of the liquidator: 

Ho May Kee
Liquidator
c/o 8 Marina View
#40-04/05 Asia Square Tower 1
Singapore 018960

 

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Published: 7 July, 2026

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CRI delivers world’s largest e-methanol reactor to Liaoyuan project in China

First phase of the project has a production capacity of 170,000 mt of renewable methanol annually, supporting demand for low-carbon fuels in shipping, chemicals, and other sectors.
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CRI delivers world’s largest e-methanol reactor to Liaoyuan project in China

Carbon Recycling International (CRI) has recently delivered the largest of its kind e-methanol reactor for the Liaoyuan E-Methanol Project in Jilin Province, China. 

CRI, a company that develops and deploys technology that converts carbon dioxide emissions into renewable methanol, said the delivery and successful installation of CRI’s proprietary methanol converter reactor is a major construction milestone. 

“The project continues to progress according to plan toward commissioning and start-up later this year,” it said. 

The Liaoyuan project is being developed by CRI’s client Tianying Group (CNTY) and once commissioned will become the largest e-methanol facility in operation globally. 

The first phase has a production capacity of approximately 170,000 metric tonnes (mt) of renewable methanol annually from green hydrogen and captured biogenic carbon dioxide, supporting the growing demand for low-carbon fuels in shipping, chemicals, and other sectors seeking practical and scalable pathways to decarbonisation.

The methanol converter reactor forms the core of CRI’s proprietary Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL) technology. Designed and supplied by CRI, the reactor is where renewable hydrogen and captured carbon dioxide are converted into renewable methanol through the company’s proven industrial-scale process. It has been specifically designed and constructed with operational flexibility as a key feature and represents the third generation of CRI’s e-methanol reactor design.

The successful installation represented a significant construction milestone and marked the transition to the final stages of project execution.

“The installation of the methanol converter reactor is an important milestone for both Tianying and CRI,” said John Milner, Project Manager at Carbon Recycling International. 

“The reactor is the core of our ETL technology and embodies nearly two decades of innovation, engineering development, and commercial operating experience. Seeing this equipment installed at one of the world’s most ambitious renewable energy projects is a proud moment for our team and a major milestone as the Liaoyuan facility advances toward commissioning and start-up.”

CRI’s technology is already deployed at commercial scale at the company’s reference plants in Anyang and Lianyungang, and the Liaoyuan project represents the next step in the continued deployment of carbon recycling technology to support the production of renewable fuels and chemicals.

 

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Published: 7 July, 2026

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Bunker Oil inks four-year bunker fuel supply deal with Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency

Framework agreement, which entered into force on 1 July, is for the supply of fuel to vessels belonging to the Navy, Coastal Hunter Command, Coast Guard and Governor of Svalbard, among others.
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Bunker Oil inks four-year bunker fuel supply deal with Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency

Norwegian marine fuel supplier Bunker Oil on Friday (3 July) said it has signed a new four-year framework agreement with the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency for the supply of marine fuel.

The fuel will be supplied to vessels belonging to the Navy, the Coastal Hunter Command, the Coast Guard, the Governor of Svalbard, the Norwegian Coastal Administration, the Institute of Marine Research and the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, among others.

The new agreement entered into force on 1 July, following the expiry of the current agreement on 30 June 2026. 

The agreement covers the delivery of fuel from Bunker Oil’s plants, tankers and tankers along the entire Norwegian coast – from Kirkenes in the north to Egersund in the south.

The company said Bunker Oil’s strong presence along the coast has been a decisive factor. 

“The authorities have signalled increased activity and presence from the Navy and the Coast Guard in the waters off Troms and Finnmark,” the company said.

“With large facilities in Kirkenes, Båtsfjord, Honningsvåg, Hammerfest and Tromsø, in addition to several smaller facilities, Bunker Oil is well equipped for increased activity in the High North. The facilities in Tromsø, with their proximity to Olavsvern, will be particularly important during the agreement period.”

The deliveries will vary in size – from a few thousand litres for the Coastal Ranger Command’s smaller vessels, to several hundred cubic metres for the Navy’s other fleet.

The contract’s financial framework is estimated at NOK 1.2 to 1.5 billion (USD 122.59 million to USD 153.24 million), and the agreement will have a major impact on activity at Bunker Oil’s facilities along the entire coast.

A renewal of the Navy’s fleet is also underway, and Bunker Oil said it is looking forward to supplying fuel to the new vessels as well.

“We look forward to four more years as a supplier of fuel to the Norwegian Defence Materiel Agency,” said Tore Slinning, contract manager at Bunker Oil.

“The agreement is of great importance to Bunker Oil, in addition to the fishing fleet, which is still by far our largest and most important customer group.”

 

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Published: 7 July, 2026

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