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ExxonMobil Bio Marine Fuel Oil
Background
Responding to the marine industry challenge: alternative fuels for marine industry that are
safe, scalable, reliable, viable energy
Completed successful sea trial of ExxonMobil's first bio-based marine fuel, with Stena Bulk in
Rotterdam
The marine bio fuel oil is a 0.50% sulphur residual-based fuel (VLSFO) processed with a second
generation waste-based FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) component (ISCC certified)
Can provide up to ~40% CO2 emissions reduction compared to conventional marine fuels
Requires no equipment modification (“drop-in”)
Fuel will be available in select European ports
Product Overview
Sea Trial conducted with 49% FAME component (mainly used cooking oil). Proved suitability
and performance/handling of product
o No operational issues
o No physical modifications required
o No storage/handling issues
ExxonMobil commercial Bio Marine Fuel Oil offer is BMF.5TM
o FAME content min 45 vol%
o Provides potential 34%* CO2 savings vs. conventional marine fuel (HFO/VLSFO)
o Meets or exceeds the characteristics and limits for the RMG 380 grade found in ISO
8217 : 2017 Table 2
o Has undergone ExxonMobil’s extensive and rigorous testing process
o Has good solvency power**
Emission reduction illustration
o Use of new bio marine fuel oil would save 3,478 T CO2 during a one-way voyage
Rotterdam to Singapore on a 15,000 TEU container ship, compared to conventional
petroleum-based HFO/VLSFO
o Equivalent of eliminating the CO2 emitted when sailing from Rotterdam to Athens
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*Benefit is up to 34 percent compared with conventional petroleum-based HFO/VLSFO, calculated on an energy basis. Wel -to-wake
GHG emissions reduction calculated using the equation as published in the Directive 2009/30/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council Annex IV A and EN 16258. Actual data is sourced from ExxonMobil purchases of Annex IX part A feedstock in Europe in 2020
**solvency power as determined by ASTM D7157 test method. It is a measure of the instrinsic stability of fuels containing asphaltenes
