Vietnam launches locally made ethanol-blended gasoline
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
HANOI, Sept 15 (AFP): Vietnam today launched a locally made ethanol-blended gasoline with the view to "ensure national energy security and reduce the economy's dependence on oil products", said oil giant PetroVietnam.
Gasohol E5, which is five per cent ethanol and 95 per cent gasoline, was produced at an 80-million-dollar chemi-biological plant in northern Phu Tho province using ethanol alcohol imported from Brazil and homegrown sugarcane and cassava, the group said.
After pilot sales in Hanoi, PetroVietnam plans to send the new product to other major cities including Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho in the south.
Gasohol E5, which is five per cent ethanol and 95 per cent gasoline, was produced at an 80-million-dollar chemi-biological plant in northern Phu Tho province using ethanol alcohol imported from Brazil and homegrown sugarcane and cassava, the group said.
After pilot sales in Hanoi, PetroVietnam plans to send the new product to other major cities including Ho Chi Minh City and Can Tho in the south.