KingTut333 t1_iuxvtf0 wrote on November 3, 2022 at 8:26 PM

Is it any different for diesel fuel, because I am still trying to understand how we went from diesel fuel being cheaper than 87 octane 8 years ago to where it is now over 50% more than 87 octane?

tico_pico t1_iuz393v wrote on November 4, 2022 at 1:52 AM

This is part of it.

https://www.imo.org/en/MediaCentre/HotTopics/Pages/Sulphur-2020.aspx

Governments started requiring less sulfur in shipping bunker fuel. This meant that previous refinery volumes that got blended into the diesel stream started getting blended into the ship bunker fuel instead.

DividedContinuity t1_iuyh7v7 wrote on November 3, 2022 at 11:16 PM

My blind assumption would be the uptake of diesel cars? That was definitely a trend in europe.

KingTut333 t1_iuyjn6y wrote on November 3, 2022 at 11:33 PM

If anything I think the US has had considerably less interest in any passenger diesel vehicles following the VW and EcoDiesel lawsuits over emissions. I'm not even sure what diesel cars you can buy any longer.