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Compounding existing concerns over price and limited availability, shipowners seeking bunkers in Asia face another issue: tainted fuel. Marine insurer Skuld has issued an advisory warning members of a pattern of on-spec but potentially problematic fuel being bunkered across Asia, particularly in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. While the fuels meet standard ISO 8217 parameters, advanced gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GCMS) testing has revealed elevated concentrations of hydrocarbon compounds, phenolic compounds and alkylresorcinol derivatives characteristics consistent with the presence of shale oil components. Skuld identified concentration levels of hydrocarbon compounds such as dihydro-dicyclopentadiene and indene running between 5,000 and 14,000 parts per million, with alkylresorcinol concentrations of between 4,700 and 6,000 ppm. The insurer noted it had seen similarly high concentrations previously, most notably in VLSFO from the ARA region in 2019, which were commonly associated with Estonian shale oil. While shale oil is not classified as a contaminant under ISO 8217, Skuld cautioned that at high concentrations it can create serious operational headaches. There is