Shell opts to sidestep supply of bio-methanol as a marine fuel in new strategy

Energy major Shell will not be promoting bio-methanol as a marine fuel and instead believes the industry can best decarbonise by using LNG, before progressing to bio-LNG and e-fuels.

Shell’s modelling suggests that LNG and bio-LNG are the most cost-competitive options in terms of both energy density and carbon abatement, according to the company’s head of marine LNG business development Krishna Achuthanandam.