Additional ethanol production seen helping Colombia hit E10 by year’s end

In Colombia, the country is looking to boost its ethanol-blending mandate to 10% by year’s end thanks to the 504,000 liter per day additional production that just came online at the El Alcaravan ethanol plant in central Meta, though that rate could eventually go even higher. Currently much of the country is at an E6 blend, while central Antioquia is at E8 and three regions bordering Venezuela don’t have blending mandates due to cross-border smuggling.