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# OAR Box 

# 1865 Prepped by Charmelle Mathews



### Document

Number: 

# 140 ) VI-B- 5 Docket Number: 

# A-83-2 7

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Sheet 140of 198P. 2 

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# A-83-2 7
VI-B- 5 MEMORANDU M TO : Industria l Boile r S0 2 

### Docke t FROM : Iren e Kuo , Radia nCorporatio n DATE : Novembe r 3 , 198 8 SUBJECT : Summar y

o f Historica l Dat a on th e Availabilit y o f 0. 3 Percen t Sulfu r Oi l i n Hawai i Thi s memorandu

m examine s th e availabilit y o f 0. 3 percen t sulfu r oi l in th e Stat e o f Hawaii , base don dat a fro m th e Unite dState s Departmen t o f Energ y (DOE ) fo r th e year s 1985 , 1986 , an d1987 . Thes e report s includ e th e "Cos t andQualit y

o f Fuel s use db

y Electri c Utilit y

Plants, " th e "Petroleu m Marketin g Annual, " an

dth e "Petroleu

m Suppl y Annual. " Th e Cos t an

dQualit y

repor t contain s informatio non th e quantit y an d averag e cost s o f petroleu m fuel s use db

y steam-electri c plant s o f 50-megawat t capacit y

o r greater . Thi s informatio ni s subdivide db y petroleu m sulfu r conten t an

dliste db

y Stat e (residua l oi l only ) an db y plan t (bot hresidua l an ddistillat e oils) . Dat a fro m th e Cos t an

dQualit y repor t indicat e tha t roughl y 1 0 t o 2 0 percen t o f th e residua l oi l use db y Hawaiia nElectri c Company (HECo ) wa s 0. 3 percen t sulfu r (o r less ) in 198 5 an d 1986 , wit hth e balanc e bein g betwee n0. 3 an d0. 5 percen t sulfu r oil . Distillat e oi l accounte dfo r les s tha n1 percen t o f th e tota l oi l used . Th e 198 6 dat a sugges t tha t 0. 3 percen t sulfu r oi l ($2.42/millio nBtu ) di dno t hav e a premiu

m whe ncompare dwit hth e 0. 3 t o 0. 5 percen t sulfu r oi l ($2.97/millio nBtu) . Hawaiia nElectri c reporte dtha t o f al l th e oi l i t burne di n 1987 , abou t 9 9 percen t wa s 0. 3 t o 0. 5 percen t sulfu r residua l oi l an dles s tha n1 percen t wa s distillat e oil . Th e "Petroleu

m Suppl y Annual " contain s dat a on th e sulfu r conten t o f importe dforeig noil , liste db y Stat e o f initia l entr y int o th eP. 3

i i Unite dStates . Thes e data , show ninTabl e 1 , indicat e tha t o f th e tota l foreig nresidua l oi l Importe d int o Hawai i (I.e. , fro m outsid e th e Unite dStates) , th e percentage s o f les s tha n0. 3 percen t sulfu r oi l ar e a s follows : 7 percen t 1n1985 , 1 5 percen t i n1986 , an d 8 5 percen t 1n1987 . Th e absolut e quantitie s o f importe d oi l les s tha n0. 3 percen t sulfu r in198 5 an d198 6 sugges t tha t th e additiona l 0. 3 percen t sulfu r residua l oi l wa s eithe r shippe dt o Hawai i fro m anothe r Stat e inth e Unite dState s (possibl y fro m California , a Stat e know nt o hav e supplie s o f 0. 3 percen t sulfu r residua l oil ) o r produce di nHawaiia nrefinerie s t o mee t HECo' s consumptio n needs . Th e "Petroleu

m Marketin g Annual " contain s th e volume s o f firs t sale s t o consumer s o f distillat e an d residua l fue l oil s t o eac hState . A summar y o f thes e dat a fo r Hawaii , presente d inTabl e 1 , indicat e tha t HEC o accounte d fo r abou t 6 0 t o 6 5 percen t o f th e tota l amoun t o f distillat e an d residua l oi l sol dinHawai i in198 5 an d1986 . Thes e dat a sugges t tha t HEC o consumed ' roughl y 8 0 percen t o f th e residua l oi l sol d t o th e Stat e o f Hawaii . No dat a wer e availabl e fo r 1987 . Detaile d dat a onfue l oi l sulfu r ar e no t reported . Inconclusion , DO E dat a onoi l import s an dvolume s o f firs t sale s indicat e tha t oi l wit h0. 3 percen t sulfu r o r les s wa s availabl e i nHawai i in 1985 , 1986 , an

d1987 . HEC o reporte d us e o f 0. 3 percen t sulfu r residua l oi l in198 5 an

d1986 , bu t di d no t repor t usin g an y suc hfue l in1987 . Th e import s an

dfirs t sale s dat a als o indicat e tha t residua l an d distillat e oil s ar e shippe dt o Hawai i bot hfro m othe r State s i nth e UnitedState s an d fro m foreig ncountries . Base donthes e data , i t appear s tha t th e availabilit y o f 0. 3 percen t sulfu r oi l inHawai i i s comparabl e t o tha t inth e continenta l Unite dStates .P. 4



### Tabl e 1 : DO E Informatio no n Petroleu m Consumptio ni n Hawaii a



### a . Al l value s are liste d i n millio n gallons/yr
. Sourc e
Cos t an d Qualit y o f Fuel s

Petroleu

m Suppl y Annua l

Petroleu

m Marketin g Annua l Descriptio n <0.3 % S Residua l 01 1 0.3%-0.5 % Residua l Oi l Distillat e an

d Residua l 

### Oi l Importe d Residua l 01 1 0-0.3 % S 0.3-1 % S >1 % S

Volume o f Firs t Sale s Distillat e Residua l 198 5
42. 4 342. 5 385. 9 (?0.43 % S

10. 9 88. 4 47. 4

107. 6 486. 9 198 6

80.9 1 

### 313 39 5 00.39 % S

36. 9 119. 5 • 86. 5

119. 6 503.9 b 198 7

433. 6 435. 7 00.45 % S

88. 8 2.2 * 13. 1



### N/ A N/ A

b 

### ' 503. 9 xIO 6 

### gallons/y ro f <1 % S residua l oil
.