Morocco gets clean diesel

Online site Magharebia is carrying an interesting story on cleaner diesel in Morocco. A new type of diesel with a sulphur content of no more than 50 parts-per-million was released on the Moroccan market on Thursday (January 1st). According to the Ministry of Energy, 50 ppm diesel will be phased in gradually and will be widely available in April 2009. The cleaner fuel is replacing 350 diesel and will gradually replace standard diesel, as new facilities are able to accommodate the new type.

The gradual introduction of 50 ppm diesel should enable oil companies to use up their current stocks of standard 10,000 ppm diesel. Sales of 10,000 ppm sulphur diesel will be maintained over the first quarter of 2009.

Consumers were impatient to discover the price of the new product. "The new 50 ppm diesel went on sale on January 1st, 2009, replacing 350 diesel at its base price, which is 10.13 dirhams a litre", announced the Ministry of Energy, Mining, Water and Environment and the Ministry of General and Economic Affairs in a joint statement on Saturday (January 3rd).

Full story here: Magharebia

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