By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 4 -- O2Diesel Corp., Newark, Del., said that its proprietary ethanol-diesel blended fuel technology has been accepted as an acceptable clean fuel by state government officials in both Nevada and California. O2Diesel reduces vehicle emissions of ozone-forming oxides of nitrogen.
Last month, O2Diesel said that its technology will be used to supply 10,000-20,000 tonnes to Al-Obayya Corp., a company owned by Prince Turki Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, a member of the Saudi royal family.
Al-Obayya plans to distribute and market O2Diesel's fuel in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Middle East.
In the US, the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) officially included O2Diesel on its list of alternative fuels that state, county, and municipal fleets of 10 or more vehicles can use instead of conventional gasoline or diesel.
"As a matter of policy, this decision is the first official recognition of O2Diesel as a fuel that can make a significant improvement in air quality while helping Nevada and the nation reduce its reliance on petroleum," an O2Diesel news release said.
The NDEP decision was based on emissions test results that the company submitted to the California Air Resources Board last year, culminating in O2Diesel becoming an official alternative diesel fuel in California, effective September 2003. O2Diesel is one of two fuel formulations that achieved this recognition, the company said.
In addition in Nevada, O2Diesel is demonstrating its ethanol-diesel blended fuel in cooperation with the US Nellis Air Force Base in Las Vegas and the Nevada Air National Guard in Reno.
