Conventional gasoline

On December 23, 2021, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) published Ministerial Resolution No. 469-2021-MINEN/DM in the Official Journal. The resolution establishes new technical specifications for gasoline and gasohol for automotive use, for both premium and regular grades.

This resolution comes after Supreme Decree No. 014-2021-EM, issued in May 2021, which was intended to simplify the number of gasoline and gasohol grades and reduce the sulfur levels allowed in both gasoline and diesel. The decree gave the Ministry a period of 180 days to establish the revised specifications for the new gasoline grades. Supreme Decree No. 014-2021-EM reduced the number of gasoline and gasohol types to two for each, and the octane number for each should be equal to or higher tha