**Sales of marine fuel 0.5%S rise 4.9% on month **A stronger 8.6% jump seen in high sulfur IFO 380

**High Asian prices thin demand **Gibraltar supply getting tighter **Availability constraints at Panama

"Prices are in good health... We have seen some technical breakouts this week, and crude is most certainly one of them," according to Ole Hansen, Head of Commodities Strategy at Saxo Bank.

**Trader Trafigura to control over 90% of Puma Energy **Angola was looking to sell off assets under privatization drive **Trafigura to use funds to pay Puma debt, fund expansion

**As a result it will fully halt fuel oil output. **Construction is scheduled for completion in 2024.

**Decarbonization to reinforce bunkering hubs **Alternative fuels bunkering planned in key hubs **Fuel quality, supply chain resilience key for buyers

Market participants recently said ample supply of high sulfur fuel oil in Europe, coupled with quiet demand, put pressure on HSFO differentials.

**Combined exports to increase to 54.7 million mt **Gasoil demand to drop 0.8% on year from 2020 **8.45 mil mt/year new ethylene capacity expected in 2021

**Cargo, ship insured separately **Indian crew stranded on ship **Ship fully operational

**Demand falls short of supply **Export quotas fail to stem growth

The country's LSFO production capacity has risen around 54% to almost 20 million mt in 2021 from around 13 million mt in 2020, according to Longzhong.

The ACP said the delay would provide the maritime industry more time to prepare for the change in booking fees

Technology company Wartsila delivered 171 exhaust gas cleaning systems, or scrubbers, in 2020, highlighting what the company has dubbed ongoing interest in the technology for the marine sector.

Crude futures settled higher for a fourth straight session April 15, buoyed by bullish forward demand outlooks and a weaker US dollar.

A coalition of more than 40 major industry associations from Europe and the UK has urged leaders from both regions to link up their respective emissions trading systems before the COP26 climate summit in November.

French energy major Total said April 13 it is working with Germany's Siemens Energy to study ways to reduce carbon emissions in LNG production, amid similar efforts by North American exporters and liquefaction terminal developers.

**Trafigura to support maritime industry's energy transition goals **Ammonia 'very interesting candidate' as a zero carbon fuel: MAN **R&D fund required to develop clean fuels, de-risk future investments

Market drivers in the oil markets this week have been bullish, particularly on outward-looking sentiment. But rising COVID-19 infection rates in Europe and India have moderated further gains.

**Can produce higher yield of SAF under new technology: CEO **Considered less carbon, capital intensive than other processes **Price between SAF-Jet A-1 will narrow as more airlines adopt SAF

**US, UAE, Australia, Denmark pledge cooperation **ADNOC aims to supply both oil, hydrogen to India **US, Australia aim for green hydrogen under $2/kg