BP to resume E10 blend sales in South East Queensland

12 January 2012 – BP today announced that E10 blended petrol is to be reintroduced at 48 service stations in South East Queensland.

The process of converting from Regular Unleaded to E10 will commence on 16th January 2012 and should be completed by mid February 2012. The conversion process may require certain service stations to close or partially close for up to two hours while the work is carried out.

In January 2011, BP’s supplier of ethanol in Queensland advised that due to adverse weather conditions it would be unable to supply ethanol to BP from mid-January for a period of 150 days. This left BP with no alternative but to replace E10 with Regular Unleaded.

Now that reliable supply of ethanol has resumed, BP is able to reintroduce E10 to the market.

BP said; “The conversion process will involve some short-term disruption for customers, but we will do everything we can to carry out the conversion quickly and safely.”