Jamaica’s Petrojam refinery to switch to all-E10 production to save costs, fight climate change

In Jamaica, Forbes is reporting that the country’s only oil refinery, the Petrojam refinery at Kingston, will commence producing E10-blended fuel only as of November. The refinery commenced producing E10 blended fuel in November 2008, and E10 now accounts for 46 percent of the refinery’s sales. Management said that eliminating non ethanol-blended fuel would reduce operating costs at the refinery as well as aiding climate change mitigation. The refinery, meanwhile, is undergoing a $720 million project to increase capacity by 40 percent.

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