AAP confirmed information regarding the sale of fuels based on the deadlines established by the Ministry of Energy and Mines.
The Automotive Association of Peru (AAP) informed that, according to the deadlines stipulated by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem), as of May 1 of the current year, regular gasohol (91 octane) and premium gasohol (96 octane) will be sold in Lima and Callao, while 90, 95, 97 and 98 octane gasohol will be sold until run out of stock or have made the change to regular and premium gasohol.
“The Ministry of Energy and Mines has established a period of 60 days, from January 1, 2023, for producers, importers and wholesale distributors of fuels to market the new regular and premium gasolines and gasoholes, while the establishments that sell fuel to the public have been granted an additional 60-day period, so that —as of May 1, 2023— only regular and premium gasoline will be sold at all service stations nationwide (90 and 95 octane) and regular and premium gasoholes (91 and 96 octane)”, he announced to public opinion.
In addition, Automotive Association of Peru (AAP) carried out an exhaustive quality analysis of the fuels sold in the country. The entity found that the minimum values found for 90 and 95 octane gasoholes were 93.4 and 97.2 octane, respectively, information that has been revalidated by the Ministry of Energy and Mines through Official Letter 1779-2022-MINEM.
“The octane number for premium gasoholes, the minimum required is 96 octane. Notwithstanding this, the records made by wholesale distributors, corresponding to premium gasohol, obtained an average value of 98 octane as a final result,” the document said.
“In this sense, we hope that the quality of fuels in the country will improve even more, since —according to the provisions of Supreme Decree No. 029-2021-MINAM— as of October 1, 2024, it enters into The Euro 6/VI standard is in force, requiring that fuels have no more than 10 ppm (parts per million) of sulfur, in addition to minimum values of aromatics, olefins and benzene, among other components,” the entity asserted.
Source: Larepublica
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