Malaysia’s B5 implementation date to allow time to set up blending facilities

The B5 mandate implementation in June next year in Malaysia is taking into account the amount of time to set up blending facilities for palm biodiesel, Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Tan Sri Bernard Dompok said. Malaysia, the second-largest palm oil producer, will make the use of the B5 blend, a mixture of 5% palm oil and 95% petroleum diesel, which will be mandatory in the central region from June 2011. The mandatory sale will be implemented in phases beginning in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Melaka, and the southern, western and northern parts of Perak, Pahang and Johor. (June 17, 2010)