By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, Aug. 3 -- Statoil ASA expects to reduce carbon emissions in Sweden by 115,000 tonnes/year by replacing 46 million l./year of diesel with a biodiesel containing 5% rape methyl ester (rapeseed oil).
On Aug. 1 the company began adding 5% of the renewable fuel to diesel sold at the company's retail outlets in Sweden. Statoil also sells rapeseed oil-enhanced diesel at four Norwegian outlets.
The fuel, derived from rape oil, is added to diesel and marketed as Biodiesel 5, which will replace standard diesel sold at Statoil's retail outlets and truck diesel facilities this fall. Statoil said all diesel-powered vehicles could run on Biodiesel 5 with no required engine adjustments.
The company said it expects to add an increasingly larger amount of renewable content to its diesel in the future.