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Thailand to make E20 fuel available at pumps

Thailand plans to make gasohol E20 the primary petrol available at pumps, phasing out gasohol E10 from retail, said Minister Sontirat Sontijirawong.
Thailand to make E20 fuel available at pumps ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: Bangkok Post)

Bangkok (VNA) – Thailand plans to make gasohol E20 the primarypetrol available at pumps, phasing out gasohol E10 from retail, said MinisterSontirat Sontijirawong.

Thailand has five categories of petrol at retail pumps: gasohol 91 E10, gasohol95 E10, E20, E85 and premium ULP 95 petrol.

In the coming years, these may be reduced to three or four, he said.

The minister said the Energy Business Department has been assigned to study thefeasibility and impact of Thailand using gasohol E20 as the primary petrol atretail pumps. A time frame for any switch has not been revealed.

He said more details regarding E20 as the primary petrol option will beunveiled after the effective mandatory diesel shift from biodiesel B7 to B10 inJanuary 2020.

E20 is a mixture of 20 percent sugar-made or cassava-made ethanol, and 80percent fossil fuel./.
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