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Norway's offshore shipping emissions targets, which are stricter than FuelEU Maritime, are poised to render much of the current fleet non-compliant by 2029. The escalation of conflict across the Middle East and disruptions to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz introduce a critical variable: the potential unavailability of conventional marine fuel due to competing domestic priorities, fundamentally altering clean shipping analysis.
The Norwegian regulation applies to operators, covering combined energy use for various offshore activities, with a 10% intensity reduction from 2029-2031, escalating to 40% by 2038-2040 against a 91.16 gCO2eq/MJ reference. Compliance is challenging as the clear majority of Norway's nearly 300 offshore vessels, including those operated by Equinor (almost 100), Aker BP (around 65), and Vaar Energi (around 40), run conventional engines. Fossil LNG dual-fuel ships, common where alternative fuel capability exists, face compliance issues due to a 3.1% methane slip, making them non-compliant from 2029. The regulation disallows biodiesel and renewable diesel as compliance pathways, favoring bio-LNG (if RED-compliant), RFNBOs (with a 2x multiplier through 2033), shore power, and direct electrification. This shifts the burden to shipowners to adopt decarbonization specifications, compounded by EU Emissions Trading System inclusion from 2027.
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