Government may give additional margin per liter to PSO

The Pakistani government is likely to give additional margin of 1.5 rupees per liter (US$0.018) to Pakistan State Oil (PSO) on the ethanol-blended motor gasoline to enable the state-run marketing entity to recover the cost of 6.5 billion rupees (US$81.6 million) required for development of infrastructure for the blending facility. Sources in Petroleum Ministry said that PSO may be tasked to develop the blending facility at depots without any financial support from the government. (December 3, 2008)