Asia residual fuels: Key market indicators for Jan. 31-Feb. 4

Rising stocks of low sulfur fuel oil at Fujairah have narrowed ex-wharf marine fuel 0.5%S premiums at the Middle Eastern port of Fujairah, even as barge availability for VLSFO deliveries in the week beginning Jan. 31 are expected to tighten, traders there said. An uptick in Russian volumes into Singapore is simultaneously expected to ease some of the blend component…