Factors Impacting Residual Fuel Oil Supply and Demand Through 2015 October 2010 2010 Energy Buyers Conference Miami Beach, Florida © Poten & Partners 2010 Page Fuel Oil Production 1 Residual Fuel Oil Production by Region 2009 / E 2010 / E 2015 ASIA/PACIFIC 150 135 2009 120 E 2010 E 2015 million mt 105 90 MIDDLE EAST 75 UAE and Saudi Arabia growth in crude oil refining capacity 60 45 30 FSU 15 Russia and Belarus increase in resid conversion capacity OCTOBER 2010 Africa N. America FSU Middle East S.America/Carib *Excluding FSU *Europe Asia/Pacific 0 © POTEN & PARTNERS Drop in Japan and S. Korea production is offset by increase in China and India S. AMERICA/CARIB Colombia and Brazil growth in crude oil refining capacity Page 2 Fuel Oil Production - Continued Top Fuel Oil Top Producting Countries, 2009 68 Russia 36 USA Japan 27 India 26 Iran 25 22 Saudi Arabia 21 South Korea 17 Mexico 15 Italy 0 OCTOBER 2010 • The U.S. has 17.2 MBD of crude oil refining capacity over 55% resid conversion capacity 19 China © POTEN & PARTNERS • Russia has about 5.8 MBD of crude oil refining capacity and only 18% resid conversion capacity 15 30 Million MT 45 60 75 Page Residual Bunker Fuel Burn – no Scrubber Scenario 3 Residual Bunker Fuel Consumption by Region 2009 / E 2010 / E 2015 90 • 80 70 million mt 60 2009 50 E 2010 E 2015 40 30 20 10 OCTOBER 2010 *Excluding FSU Africa FSU N. America Middle East S.America/Carib © POTEN & PARTNERS *Europe Asia/Pacific 0 China and Singapore are expected to drive the Asia/Pacific residual bunker fuel sales growth to nearly 90 million mt by 2015 If marine exhaust scrubbers are not widely utilized by 2015, residual bunker sales in Europe, the FSU countries and North America are expected to decline as a result of 0.1%S max marine fuel in the ECAs Page 4 Residual Bunker Fuel Burn - Continued Top Residual Bunker Fuel Consuming Countries, 2009 35 Singapore 21 USA 13 Netherlands 13 China* 8 South Korea 8 Spain • UAE bunker fuel sales are driven by Fujairah. Vopak Horizon’s terminal expansion is expected to attract more bunker fuel suppliers 7 Russia 5 Hong Kong 0 OCTOBER 2010 • U.S. residual bunker fuel sales are nearly equally divided between the East, West and Gulf Coasts. 8 Belgium © POTEN & PARTNERS • Singapore bunker fuel sales continued to grow through the global economic slow-down. Bunker fuel sales increased 5% in 2009 compared to the 11% jump in 2008 14 UAE 5 * China excluding Hong Kong 10 15 20 Million MT 25 30 35 Page 5 Residual Bunker Fuel Specifications Quality Year 2009 Sulfur (%)* 6 Mo 2010 2009 Viscosity (cSt) 6 Mo 2010 2009 Al+Si (ppm) 6 Mo 2010 Average Fuel Quality Overview ISO 8217:2010 Limits for RMG 380 World 4.50 2.32 Regional Requirements 2.34 380 308 380 317 80 26 60 25 Singapore Rotterdam 2.76 1.87 2.78 1.94 323 328 346 359 30 42 30 36 Source: DNV Petroleum Services *Number average, not weighted average basis • Al + Si fines are abrasive to fuel pumps, injectors and cylinder liners. • Global Al + Si average is only about 25 ppm, so ISO’s 60 ppm limit is a formality • Increased IFO blending to meet the July 2010 1%S marine fuel restrictions has increased the levels of Al + Si © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 Page 6 North Europe ECAs – No Scrubber Scenario 1.5%S Max (Nov 2007) / 1%S Max (Jul 2010) / 0.1%S Max (Jan 2015) North Europe ECAs International Bunker Fuel Sales million mt 40 32 41 34 7 35 8 27 27 2008 E 2011 9 24 16 32 8 0 >1.5%S IFO < 1.0%S IFO © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 • Beginning 2015, to meet 0.1%S max bunker fuel restrictions, vessels would turn to marine distillates or install scrubbers. E 2015 1.0%S - 1.5%S IFO ≤ 0.1%S MDO/MGO • Russian refineries near the Baltic Sea appear to have enough nameplate capacity to fill a fair portion of the estimated marine gasoil demand Page 7 North America ECA – No Scrubber Scenario 1%S Max (Aug 2012) / 0.1%S Max (Jan 2015) North America ECA International Bunker Fuel Sales million mt 25 22 20 23 24 5 6 18 18 15 10 22 5 0 2009 >1.0%S IFO © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 E 2013 E 2015 ≤1.0%S IFO ≤ 0.1%S MDO/MGO • Post mid-2012 N. America 1%S max IFO demand is projected at 23% of total IFO sales. Industry will adjust to this swing via marginal crude slate changes and blendstock imports • In 2015, from a macro perspective, N. America should have no problem meeting the new marine distillates demand Page 8 Marine Exhaust Scrubbers Possible Scrubber Fuel Cost Savings Scrubber Fuel Savings, Million $/year 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 2,000 4,000 8,000 16,000 mt Bunker Fuel Used in ECA per Year $50/mt spread $100/mt spread Spread = Gasoil 0.2%S - FO 1%S • Scrubbers still seeking wider commercial acceptance © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 • $200/mt spread The price differential between 0.1%S gasoil and 1%S residual bunker fuel drives scrubber economics • $400/mt spread High vessel fuel consumption generates significant fuel cost savings Page 9 NOx Emission Limits MARPOL Annex VI Fuel NOx Emission Limits 18 16 NOx Limit, g/kWh 14 Tier I Global - vessels built between 1/2000 - 12/2010 12 10 Tier II Global - vessels built between 1/2011 - 12/2015 8 6 Tier III ECAs - vessels built starting 1/2016 4 2 1, 00 0 1, 20 0 1, 40 0 1, 60 0 1, 80 0 2, 00 0 2, 20 0 80 0 60 0 40 0 20 0 13 0 0 0 Rated Engine Speed, rpm © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 • Tier I - no • Tier II – engine additional manufacturers technology is have modified required to their engines to meet limits meet upcoming regulation • Tier III – vessels operating in the ECAs and built after 2015 may require 0.1%S MGO to meet NOx restrictions, since most exhaust scrubbers have not yet reached the NOx reductions levels. Page 10 Fuel Oil Prospects 2010-2015 Near-Term Tanker Shipping Expectations A Medium-Term Outlook on the Residual Fuel Oil Market Marine Fuel Regulations •Still bullish on China and India Pollution Abatement Technology and Vessel Operating Cost •Lower than ‘expected’ GDP growth assessments do not necessarily denote low Spot Tanker Transportation growth by Route and Type of Tanker Fixture Fuel Oil/Crude Oil Annual Price Outlook (2010-2015) Regions •Cash injections World by certain governments Asia/Pacific will help support shipping industry in Middle East certain markets, particularly Europein the East FSU S. America/N. America/Carib Africa For Each Region (2010-2015) •Demand in OECD markets to Capacity & Resid Conversion Capacity Crude expected Oil Refining recover slowly throughAnnounced the remainder of Projects Refining 2009 bolstering tankerFuel demand Oil Production Fuel Oil Inland Consumption •Economic recovery will be largely Bunker Fuel Sales dictated by policy Published May © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 •Banking sector regulation •Stimulus and deficit 2010•Taxes •Likelihood of the ‘double-dip’ recession Page 11 © POTEN & PARTNERS OCTOBER 2010 805 THIRD AVENUE 805 THIRD AVENUE YORK, 10022 NEW NEW YORK, NY NY 10022 USA USA TEL: WEBSITE: +1 (212) www.poten.com 230-2000 (212) 230-2087 FAX: TEL:+1 (212)+1 355-0295 EMAIL: fueloil@poten.com EMAIL: MarineProjects@poten.com