For fuel oil markets, 2020 was a strange year, as the global pandemic overshadowed implementation of the landmark IMO 2020 regulation.

With global demand slowly returning, these grades are back in focus.

S&P Global Platts editors Beth Brown and Patrick Burns talk with Matt Eversman, associate director of crude and fuel oil markets, about fuel oil market trends as well as Platts' consultation on certain operational guidelines in the Platts Market on Close assessment process for .5% marine fuel.