Starting from November 28, Ho Chi Minh City will sell bio-fuel E5, amixture of 95 percent petrol and 5 percent ethanol, on a pilot basis atseveral filling stations around the city, the Saigon Times Daily quotedthe municipal Department of Industry and Trade as saying.
Nextweek, the city will meet with fuel wholesalers, dealers, transportfirms, and relevant departments to discuss the pilot launch of E5bio-fuel in the city, the department’s Deputy Director Le Ngoc Dao told ameeting in the city on November 18 on bio-fuel distribution.
Accordingto the plan, E5 RON 92 petrol will be sold on November 28 and relevantdepartments will announce the list of stations selling the petrol in thecity so that customers can easily buy the product.
Early nextmonth, stations which have registered to sell the bio-petrol with theindustry-trade department will start selling the product officially.
VietnamNational Petroleum Group (Petrolimex), the nation’s leading fueltrading firm, has pledged to sell the E5 RON 92 petrol at five of itsstations from early next month.
Most wholesalers said they canonly support dealers selling the bio-petrol the costs for transferringfrom the normal petrol to the bio-fuel and cleaning up their petroltanks.
In the initial phase, the city will sell the new fuel atstations in the registration list only, and will expand the number ofstations selling it after a certain period of distributing the productaround the city.
Earlier in September, Quang Ngai province tookthe lead in the sale of the bio-fuel, replacing the traditional Mogas92. Da Nang city and Quang Nam province also distributed gasoline E5from October.
From December 1, 2015 onwards, the fuel will be sold nationwide at all filling stations.-VNA
Nextweek, the city will meet with fuel wholesalers, dealers, transportfirms, and relevant departments to discuss the pilot launch of E5bio-fuel in the city, the department’s Deputy Director Le Ngoc Dao told ameeting in the city on November 18 on bio-fuel distribution.
Accordingto the plan, E5 RON 92 petrol will be sold on November 28 and relevantdepartments will announce the list of stations selling the petrol in thecity so that customers can easily buy the product.
Early nextmonth, stations which have registered to sell the bio-petrol with theindustry-trade department will start selling the product officially.
VietnamNational Petroleum Group (Petrolimex), the nation’s leading fueltrading firm, has pledged to sell the E5 RON 92 petrol at five of itsstations from early next month.
Most wholesalers said they canonly support dealers selling the bio-petrol the costs for transferringfrom the normal petrol to the bio-fuel and cleaning up their petroltanks.
In the initial phase, the city will sell the new fuel atstations in the registration list only, and will expand the number ofstations selling it after a certain period of distributing the productaround the city.
Earlier in September, Quang Ngai province tookthe lead in the sale of the bio-fuel, replacing the traditional Mogas92. Da Nang city and Quang Nam province also distributed gasoline E5from October.
From December 1, 2015 onwards, the fuel will be sold nationwide at all filling stations.-VNA
