Imminent Mediterranean Clean Fuel Rule Inverts Diesel Prices
Containing 1,000 parts per million of sulfur, 0.1% gasoil is a significantly dirtier fuel than 10ppm diesel.
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An environmental rule designed to rein in emissions from ships in the Mediterranean is sending regional diesel prices into a spin.
The cost of a particularly dirty type of diesel, known as 0.1% gasoil, surpassed the price of a much cleaner version of the fuel earlier this month — an inversion that hasn’t happened since at least 2022, according to figures from S&P Global Inc. That’s partly due to an upcoming environmental regulation that’s set to change the amount of sulfur allowed in ship propellant.