Malaysia: Running on biodiesel

If everything goes as planned, Malaysians can expect a third pump to be installed at petrol stations by the end of this year.

Malaysian Palm Oil Board chairman Datuk Sabri Ahmad was quoted in a Reuters report last month as saying that there are plans to introduce palm oil-blended diesel in the local market.
Drivers of vehicles powered by diesel engines will have a choice between ordinary diesel and E2.

E2 is a blend of regular diesel with two per cent of palm biodiesel.
Certain sectors, in welcoming this move, describe the move as timely.

“Even if vehicles run mainly on diesel, with a very small amount of palm biodiesel mixed into it, it’s considered a saving,” says Universiti Malaya’s Dr Masjuki Hassan.

“We have to prevent our oil reserves from being exhausted too quickly.”

New Sraits Times