Pakistan debuts E10 ethanol at 11 cent discount to gasoline

In Pakistan, the state oil company PSO launched E10 ethanol in Karachi, at an 11 cent discount per gallon to gasoline. The discount reflects lower national taxes on the renewable fuel.
Irfan Qureshi, Managing Director of PSO told The News that Pakistan produces some 400,000 tons of ethanol annually and the government would annually save $100 [...]

August 17, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Colombia to set ethanol production record; will reach B5, E10 targets; mandates flex-fuel vehicles by 2012

In Colombia, the national government has issued a directive that, commencing in 2012, all vehicles must have E85 flex-fuel capability. The announcement comes as the government confirmed that it expects to reach its national VB5 and E10 targets in 2010. Production of both ethanol and biodiesel will set a new high this year and up [...]

June 09, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 1

UL says most US gas pumps not certified for E15, as USDA, EPA meet over potential increase in ethanol blend levels

In Washington, Bloomberg reports that the USDA and the EPA have commenced discussions aimed at raising ethanol blending levels in the United States. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack confirmed the talks, and said that raising the blend rate from this year’s 10.2 percent requirement was a short-term fix to ethanol overcapacity that has forced numerous ethanol [...]

February 09, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Florida boat owner lawsuit against oil companies over E10 damage survives dismissal attempt

In Florida, a move by Chevron, ExxonMobil, BP, Shell Oil, Tower Energy and ConocoPhillips to dismiss a class-action negligence lawsuit regarding the implementation of E10 has been turned back by the US District Court in Miami.The suit alleges that the companies failed to warn boat owners of the potential harmful effects of E10 ethanol on [...]

January 22, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

Indian firms confirm Brazil sugarcane investment pullback; cash burned by selling retail fuel at a loss during oil price surge

In India, Indian Oil, Hindustan Petroleum and Bharat Petroleum have confirmed that they will delay planned investments of more than $600 million in Brazilian sugarcane plantations. The companies said that losses on retail fuel sales forced the delays; the government forced the companies to sell fuel at a loss when oil prices soared, using up [...]

January 14, 2009 | Jim Lane | Comments 0

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