Type:News
Region:Asia, East Africa, EU, South America
Language:English
Published:2025-05-09
Last updated:2025-05-09
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SGS INSPIRE continues to provide a comprehensive overview of fuel standards all over the world. 78 new fuel quality specifications for sixteen different countries and territories have been published during the last two months (from March to April 2025), as well as some global specifications for aviation fuels and methanol, including:
Global
Methanol: International Methanol Producers and Consumers Association (IMPCA) methanol reference specifications.
Aviation turbine fuel: Jet A and Jet A-1.
Asia
India: automotive diesel CN 51 S10 B7 RXX.
Indonesia: automotive diesel CN 51 S2000 B40 RXX and automotive diesel CN 51 S50 B40 RXX.
Africa
Eritrea: RON 91 EXX MXX RXX S150 gasoline, automotive diesel CN 48 S5 BXX RXX.
Uganda: RON 93 E5 MXX RXX S10 gasoline and RON 93 E10 MXX RXX S10 gasoline.
Europe
Cyprus: ExxonMobil/Hellenic petroleum – kerosene.
Germany: fatty acid methyl ester (FAME) (future).
Italy: International Methanol Producers and Consumers Association (IMPCA) – methanol reference specifications.
Spain: marine fuel – diesel DMA/C; fuel oil – fuel oil 1, fuel oil 2, diesel – automotive diesel CN 49 S10 B0.1 RXX, automotive diesel CN 51 S10 B7 RXX, gasoline – RON 95 EXX MXX S10 RXX, RON 98 EXX MXX S10 RXX.
United Kingdom: Crown Oil ULSD BS EN590 – automotive diesel CN 51 S10 B7 RXX.
Latin America and the Caribbean
Bolivia: automotive diesel CI 45 S500 B10 RXX.
Costa Rica: denatured anhydrous ethanol, RON 91 E15 MXX RXX S10 gasoline, RON 95 E15 MXX RXX S10 gasoline, automotive diesel CN 40 S15 B5 RXX, automotive diesel CN 40 S500 B5 RXX, automotive diesel CN 40 S5000 B5 RXX, non-automotive diesel CN 30 S20000 B0 RXX.
Dominican Republic: RON 85 E0 MXX RXX S165 gasoline, RON 92 E0 MXX RXX S165 gasoline, RON 91 E10 MXX RXX S150 gasoline, RON 96 E10 MXX RXX S150 gasoline and Fuel Ethanol.
Peru: RON 84 EXX MXX RXX S2000 gasoline and RON 90 EXX MXX RXX S2000 gasoline.
Trinidad and Tobago: business/trading specification: RON 95 E0 MXX RXX S80 gasoline.
North America
United States:
Fuel oil: fuel oil No. 1 S15, fuel oil No. 2 S15, fuel oil No. 1 S500, fuel oil No. 2 S500, fuel oil No. 1 S5000, fuel oil No. 2 S5000, fuel oil B6-B20 S15, fuel oil B6-B20 S500, fuel oil B6-B20 S5000, fuel oil light No. 4, fuel oil No. 4, fuel oil light No. 5, fuel oil heavy No. 5 and fuel oil No. 6.
LNG: liquefied natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 65 S5), liquefied natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 75 S5), liquefied natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 65 S16), liquefied natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 75 S16), liquefied natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 65 S32) and liquefied natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 75 S32).
CNG: compressed natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 65 S5), compressed natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 65 S16), compressed natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 65 S32), compressed natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 75 S5), compressed natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 75 S16) and compressed natural gas for motor vehicles (MN 75 S32).
Chemical product: ethyl tertiary-butyl ether (ETBE) for blending with gasoline and methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) for blending with gasoline.
Biodiesel: biodiesel fuel blend stock (B100) No. 1-B S15, biodiesel fuel blend stock (B100) No. 1-B S15 LM, biodiesel fuel blend stock (B100) No. 1-B S500, biodiesel fuel blend stock (B100) No. 2-B S15, biodiesel fuel blend stock (B100) No. 2-B S15 LM and biodiesel fuel blend stock (B100) No. 2-B S5.
Aviation gasoline: unleaded aviation gasoline grade UL91 and unleaded aviation gasoline grade UL94 CARB diesel: California diesel CARB renewable diesel: California paraffinic diesel.