Tag: diesel

• Thursday, December 9th 2021 - 09:30 UTC

  Brazil working to create a price stabilization fund for gasoline, diesel and LNG

  

  The Brazilian government in coordination with Congress are working on the creation of a price stabilization fund for fuels in an attempt to isolate the country from the volatility of international prices of oil and refined products. The fund is to be financed mainly with a tax on oil exports, helping with stability to domestic prices of gasoline, diesel and liquid gas.

• Wednesday, June 17th 2020 - 17:57 UTC

  Brazil temporarily lowers biodiesel content of diesel, given the strong demand from harvest time

  

  Brazil's National Petroleum Agency, ANP, temporarily reduced the volume of biodiesel blended with diesel sold at the pump to 10% from 12% for the next five days in an emergency move, the country's lead regulator for the oil and natural gas industry said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, March 25th 2020 - 08:55 UTC

  YPF admits gasoline demand is down 70% and diesel 50%

  

  Argentine state-run oil company YPF has already seen a drop in energy consumption because of a nationwide mandatory quarantine over the coronavirus announced last Friday, a company executive said in an internal video obtained by La Nacion on Tuesday and confirmed by the company.

• Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 - 08:29 UTC

  Brazil increases bio-content of blended diesel to 12% from 11%

  

  Brazil increased the volume of biodiesel blended with diesel sold at the pump to 12% from 11% on Sunday, the latest increase to a biofuels mandate that aims to decrease Latin America's largest economy's dependence on imported barrels.

• Wednesday, February 5th 2020 - 06:53 UTC

  UK to ban sale of petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035

  

  Britain will ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars from 2035, five years earlier than planned, in an attempt to reduce air pollution that could herald the end of over a century of reliance on the internal combustion engine.

• Wednesday, December 5th 2018 - 09:06 UTC

  Madrid bans old petrol and diesel vehicles to combat pollution

  

  Madrid has activated an anti-pollution order that significantly restricts private vehicles in the city center, including a total ban on the most polluting cars.