Finally, Euro 5 fuel is here!

Folks,

It is heartening to note that Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd (BHPetrol), a subsidiary of conglomerate Boustead Holdings Bhd, has finally introduced Euro 5 fuel to Malaysian cars, today.

BHPetrol will sell the Euro 5 fuel at four of its stations in Johor: BHPetrol Pagoh South, BHPetrol Pagoh North, BHPetrol Tebrau 2 and BHPetrol Pasir Gudang 3.

"A further seven BHPetrol stations in Johor will be offering the high grade diesel within two weeks later," BHPetrol said in a media statement today.

BHP Petrol currently have 36 petrol stations in Johor.

The fuel will be sold at an initial price of RM2.30 per litre or 10 sen higher, as compared to RM2.20 liter of diesel sold currently.

The fuel is expected to cater for Malaysian vehicles, especially lorries and buses, that will enter Singapore.

This is because, Singapore’s National Environment Agency has introduced a law which will fine Malaysian vehicles for not using Euro 5 fuel with S$150 fines for first time offenders, and S$200 for second offence and S$300 for third and subsequent offences.

"The government has recently approved the sale of EURO 5 Diesel in the southern part of Peninsular Malaysia for diesel-powered vehicles entering Singapore. This follows the Singapore government’s introduction of tighter Euro5 emission standard that went into effect from July 1, 2014.  Modern advanced diesel engine vehicles using Euro5 diesel will be able to meet the new standard and this is good news for the vehicles going to Singapore," BHPetrol added.  

On average, it is estimated that some 4,000 lorries and buses enters Singapore daily.

Euro 5 is touted to be clean, fuel efficient and more importantly, it emits less smoke thereby reducing air pollution.

To recap, I previously, on Friday (June 27, 2014), wrote about the issue of automotive fuel quality Euro 5 in Malaysia.

The article is shown below.

The Edge Financial Daily, Friday, June 27, 2014

Currently, our country is using Euro 3 fuel quality, while our neighbor in the south – Singapore –has already implemented Euro 5.

I will soon be following this issue with our state oil company Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) on this issue, as I am sure that they would not want to be left behind.

After all, there are quite a lot of commercial vehicles – lorries, buses, trucks etc – spread across the country, and BHPetrol alone is not enough to cater nationwide, given their limited stations.

Petronas, meanwhile, operates more than 900 stations in the country.

I firmly believe that the country needs a better quality fuel, so as to reduce air pollution and at the same time, be on par with other advanced nation.

Thanks also to Malaysia Automotive Institute (MAI) for their relentless effort in bringing the country’s automotive standard to the next level.

They have indeed been vocal and aggressive, all in the name of “bettering” the automotive scene in Malaysia.