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Cleaner, eco-friendly diesel for Sri Lankan vehicles
High quality Diesel on par with ‘Euro Standard 5’ will be available in Sri Lanka at current market prices, with effect from next month, Petroleum Industries Minister Anura Priyadharshana Yapa told the Sunday Times.
He said that the objective was to import fuel with the least environmental impact.
The diesel will be introduced to the market as ‘Super Diesel 4 Star’.
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) Chairman S. Amarasekara told the Sunday Times, the products will be purchased from the same sources.
‘There will be an additional cost incurred for the imports, but the cost will be absorbed by the CPC,” he said.
He said that the existing Super Diesel had a sulphur content of 500 PPM (parts per million), while the new product’s Sulphur content is 10 PPM, hence it is, environmentally cleaner.
He said that they also hope to improve on the normal diesel with 2,500 PPM, by replacing it with a Diesel of 1,000 PPM Sulphur content. The lower the sulphur content, the cleaner the fuel, hence, less pollution from exhaust fumes.
The ‘Super Diesel 4 Star’ will be beneficial to new vehicles. This would be observed by vehicle owners as they use the range.The new stocks have already been arriving in the country.