Marine Fuel
Explore the fuel price and emissions intensity of marine fuel.
| Metric Name | Metric Name | Conventional Heavy Fuel Oil (residual fuel) | Conventional Marine Gas Oil (distillate fuel) | Conventional Marine Diesel Oil | Biodiesel (B100) | Hydrotreated Renewable Diesel | Fischer Tropsch Diesel |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Market Scenario | Market Scenario | Market Scenario | Market Scenario | Market Scenario | Market Scenario | ||
| Fuel Price | $/gal | 1.72 | 2.62 | 2.62 | 3.00-3.50 | 3.00-4.30 | 1.20-3.10 |
Key Assumptions
The data and estimates presented here are based on the following key assumptions:
- The estimates for marine fuel prices are from Kass et al. (Kass et al., 2018) and Tan and Tao (Tan and Tao, 2019).
- Conventional marine diesel oil is a combination of heavy fuel oil and marine gas oil.
- Biodiesel for B20 is blended with marine distillate fuel.
Definitions
For detailed definitions, see:
References
The following references are specific to this page; for all references in this ATB, see References.
Tan, Eric C D, and Ling Tao. “Economic Analysis of Renewable Fuels for Marine Propulsion.” Renewable Energy, 2019, 28.
Kass, Mike, Zia Abdullah, Mary Biddy, Corinne Drennan, Troy Hawkins, Susanne Jones, Johnathan Holladay, et al. “Understanding the Opportunities of Biofuels for Marine Shipping.” Oak Ridge, TN (United States): Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2018. https://doi.org/10.2172/1490575.