E-10 sale starts in Pakistan

After the notification of price by Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (Ogra), Pakistan State Oil (PSO) will start marketing of E-10 ethanol-blended gasoline in Karachi. PSO Managing Director Irfan Qureshi, told Business Recorder that PSO would start marketing of E-10 gasoline. He said that the Economic Coordination Committee (ECC) of the Cabinet has allowed its marketing for two years. Ogra has notified the price of E-10 gasoline at Rs62.61 (US$0.74) per liter, which is less by Rs2.5 (US$0.03) per liter than the price of petrol, which is being sold at Rs65.11 (US$0.77) per liter. (January 3, 2010)