Recent developments

Gasoline quality in the subregion varies significantly from country to country, mainly due to the countries from which fuels are imported or the refining capabilities of those countries. Some countries have official gasoline quality specifications, such as Venezuela, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Curaçao and Saint Lucia. Others have only business, trading, industry, and/or import quality specifications, including the Bahamas, Suriname, Antigua and Barbuda, Cuba and Haiti.

On August 23, 2023, Curaçao’s Council of Ministers approved new guidelines for the Quality of Regulated Fuels. This guideline includes new specifications for gasoline (Mogas 95), reducing the sulfur maximum limit from 1,000 mg/kg to 30 mg/kg, and setting limits for aromatics,