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On 01-January 2017 the new low-Sulphur Tier III gasoline standard was implemented in the US. Sulphur contents under the new specification was reduced from max 30ppm to max 10ppm. People with knowledge of the matter warned about a possible premium price increase due to the apparent octane loss caused by the specification change.

On 29-30 March 2017 the World Refining Association gathered over 200 executives from oil industry, government/non-government bodies and other service providers at the 20th ARTC (Asian Refining and Technology Conference) in Jakarta, Indonesia for a two-day networking and information exchange.

In this issue of our “In Conversation with:” we are pleased to share with our readers some interesting thoughts and views from Mr. Raul Risi, Oil & Gas Division Manager of TTK.

China has gone through a number of dramatic fuel quality changes in the last 16 years, from phasing out leaded gasoline in 2000 to a Euro-V equivalent standard today. The consumption of transportation fuels has grown over-proportionally, with this year’s gasoline demand totalling an estimated 123m MT and the 2020 expectation being predicted as high as 140-145m MT.

The Asian Clean Fuel Association (ACFA) co-hosted a roundtable workshop on “Phasing out Leaded Gasoline in Iraq and Promoting Vehicle Fuel Efficiency”, together with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Centre for Environment and Development for the Arab Region and Europe (CEDARE) in Singapore on 29- and 30-August 2016.

A status update on legislative, commercial as well as on GHG matters. Vietnam’s current gasoline demand is estimated around 5.8m MT p.a. and expected to grow to about 7.7m MT by 2020. Till now, the country imports more gasoline (>60%) than it produces domestically but the intention is to change this over the next few years by heavily investing into upgrading the two (Dung Quat in Quảng Ngãi Province and Nghi Son in Thanh Hóa Province)

ACFA and its European sister organization EFOA (European Fuel Oxygenates Association) appointed Ricardo Strategic Consulting to conduct a study of fuel octane effects on the fuel consumption in light-duty vehicles (LDV). We would like to share the key findings and conclusions of the study with our readers.

Since the early 1990s we have seen a diesel love affair evolving in Europe where car buyers started an impressive trend away from gasoline fuel to diesel-powered engines. Diesel cars had the reputation to be “dirty and slow” but high efficiency, enhanced technical performance and lower prices than gasoline started to move the consumers away from gasoline onto diesel cars in many European countries.

For our 2nd “In Conversation with:” issue this year, we are delighted to share with our readers some interesting thoughts and views from Mr. Rob de Jong who is the Head of Transportation Unit at the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).