Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) has launched eco-friendly Bio-Diesel Blended Diesel B5 HSD in New Delhi, Visakhapatnam and Hyderabad. Blending of bio-diesel would result in reduction of unburnt hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matter in auto emissions. The bio-diesel (B100) shall be blended in a ratio of 5 per cent with diesel and marketed as Bio-diesel blended Diesel B5 HSD.
This initiative of company is a step towards promotion of greener fuels and finding alternate fuels to reduce our carbon foot print. It is an environment friendly fuel which has almost no sulphur or aromatics and has about 10 per cent built in oxygen.
HPCL operates two major refineries producing a wide variety of petroleum fuels and specialties, one in Mumbai (west coast) of 6.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) capacity and the other in Vishakapatnam (east coast).
