Uniper Energy DMCC
Who we are
Uniper Energy DMCC is an important vehicle in Uniper’s international efforts to help countries build up reliable and environmentally-friendly energy supplies to support the global energy transition. UAE-based – with offices in Dubai – it owns and operates two crude processing units strategically located at the Port of Fujairah, the world’s second biggest bunkering hub.
Uniper Energy annually supplies more than 4 million tons of IMO2020 and ECA compliant marine fuel oils. These cleaner fuels make a significant contribution to enhancing air quality, playing a crucial role in exceeding the International Maritime Organization (IMO) targets to limit sulphur in ships fuels to 0.5%, from today’s 3.5%, from the 1 January 2020.
Uniper Energy DMCC supplies their clean fuels from their storages in Fujairah into three of world’s largest bunkering areas: the coast of Fujairah, Asia, and Europe's ARA. The company started in Dubai in 2015, with the first cargo sale in November 2016. It now trades with more than 200 counterparties; both private and state-owned entities, including national oil companies (NOCs).
What we do
Uniper Energy DMCC owns and operates a low sulphur marine fuel oils Production Facility in Fujairah, supplying products from its storage facilities to local partners and large shipping companies. We are active across the Middle East, Far East and European markets.
Our trading office in Dubai
Uniper’s oil trading office is based in Almas Tower in the core of DMCC, the most important trading freezone of Dubai. From this office Uniper trades crude oil and marine fuel to its customers into the international markets.
Our business opportunities:
- Crude supply
- Crude & product storage
- Product spot/term
Our Fujairah marine fuels production facility
The Uniper Energy Fujairah fuel oil production facility is comprised of two identical parallel independent trains that share infrastructure including utilities, crude feed pipelines, black and clean product pipelines, and crude and product tankage.
We own and operate a topping refinery in Fujairah with the capacity to produce about 5mtpa of marine fuels with sulphur content as low as 0.1% and up to IMO2020 specifications.
Production capacities
Crude processing: 2mbbl per month
Fuel oil production: 5 million tons per year
Milestones
FID in 2014
Commissioned in 2016
Commercial production since 2017
IMO 2020 Compliant (not Ready)
Defining the fuel of the future
In 1973, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreed to a series of measures to prevent pollution from marine and shipping operations which came to be known as IMO 2020 Convention.
In 1997, the Convention was modified to address sulphur emissions from ships by introducing a global cap on the sulphur content in marine fuel oil, and an additional limit in specific waters, referred to as emission control areas or ECAs. Fast forward to October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) reduced the sulphur limits for bunker fuels worldwide from 3.5% to 0.5% from the 1 January 2020, instead of 2025.
Inline with Uniper’s group ambition to decarbonize the energy industry and enable the energy transition, Uniper Energy DMCC is today producing and offering to its customers Marine Biofuel, as well as actively looking into green energy production projects.
Marine Biofuel: B10M & B20M
An Exciting New Fuel
To meet the need for clean, green renewable marine fuel, a partnership has been formed between two leaders in their fields: Uniper, the largest fuel oil producer of the Middle East, and the GCC’s leading net zero biofuel producer, Neutral Fuels. Together, the two companies have created an entirely new fuel – Marine Biofuel – which replaces conventional marine bunker fuels. Marine Biofuel enables the maritime industry to meet the IMO standard under their ISO8217:2010 RMG380 specification, cutting harmful carbon emissions and becoming part of the solution to climate change.
The new Marine Biofuel is available in two blends: B10M and B20M. In simple terms, they are made by adding Neutral Fuels EN14214 FAME (Fatty Acid Methyl Ester) to Uniper’s very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO).
B10M is 90% Uniper’s very low sulphur fuel oil (VLSFO) blended with 10% Neutral Fuels EN14214 FAME.
B20M is 80% Uniper’s VLSFO blended with 20% Neutral Fuels EN14214 FAME.
The benefits of marine biofuels are:
- No capital outlay
- No change to existing engines
- No need for aftermarket scrubbers
- No adjustments needed to engine lube oils.
Detailed information in our B10M & B20M Broschure
Contact
Uniper Energy DMCC
Registered office: Jumeirah Lake Towers (JLT), Almas Tower, Office 7-H, P.O. Box 346067 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Uniper Energy Fujairah FZE
Registered office: Fujairah Free Zone, P.O. Box 50346, Fujairah, United Arab Emirates
