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Mozambique Suffers Acute Shortage of Cooking Gas
Mozambique is severely hit by an acute shortage of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), used for cooking in tens of thousands of Mozambican households, due to a fire in the main refinery of the supplying company Engen in South Africa, according to Manuel Braga,...
South African Government Publishes Draft Regulations on the Mandatory Blending of Biofuels with Gas Or Diesel
Draft regulations on the mandatory blending of biofuels with petrol or diesel have been published in the Government Gazette for public comment.
Thailand’s Former Finance Minister Urges Governmental Energy Review
Thailand’s former Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij is urging that the new Pheu Thai-led coalition government to review its energy policy before motorists stop using the ethanol-gasoline blend currently in use in the country.
Brazilian Government to Reduce Ethanol Content of Gasoline
Brazilian Mines and Energy Minister Edison Lobao stated that the government will reduce the admixture of alcohol with gasoline provided to service stations from 25 to 20 beginning 1 October.
Oil-Rich Mexico Now Imports 50 Percent of Its Gasoline
According to the Petroleum Indicator of the Petroleos Mexicanos state oil monopoly, more familiarly known as Pemex, between January and July 2011, foreign gasoline purchases averaged 397,300 barrels per day, which represents 49.8 percent of the country’s...
Niger Republic to Export Gasoline to Nigeria
Despite Nigeria being Africa’s leading exporter of crude oil, a lack of investments in the country’s refineries have left Africa’s most populous nation with chronic gasoline shortages. Now Nigeria is considering an arrangement to import gasoline...
Kenya Develops Unique Bio-Ethanol Gel Biofuel for Kitchen Use
Kenya has developed unique Bio-Ethanol Gel Biofuel for Kitchen Use. The bio-ethanol gel is an alternative biofuel developed by Consumer’s Choice Limited to reduce Kenya’s reliance on imported petroleum. How People Arrived Here: Moto poa gascooker,...
Computational Chemistry Shows the Way to Safer Biofuels
Replacing gasoline and diesel with plant-based bio fuels is crucial to curb climate change. But there are several ways to transform crops to fuel, and some of the methods result in bio fuels that are harmful to health as well as nature. Now a study from...
