CLARK FREEPORT ZON) – About 70 vehicles took part early Friday in the Euro 4 Fuel Economy Run 2016 of the Energy Utilization Management Bureau of Department of Energy (DOE).
Sponsored by Petron Corporation, it covered a distance of 280 kilometers from the Petron Service Station inside Clark Freeport to Urdaneta, Pangasinan via the Subic-Clark-Tarlac and Tarlac-Pangasinan-La Union Expressways.
“The activity aims to promote fuel economy consciousness and consumer empowerment by obtaining initial data on fuel economy ratings of passenger cars and commercial vehicles employing energy efficiency measures and techniques,” Energy Undersecretary Donato Marcos said.
“As we continue to promote judicious utilization of energy by increasing public consciousness on energy efficiency, the results of this run is expected to show consumers the importance of fuel economy rating aside from other factors such as performance, quality, and safety when buying a vehicle,” Marcos added.
DOE earlier issued a directive that by January 1, 2016, all gasoline and diesel products in the country must be Euro 4 compliant as set by United Nations.
“This kind of fuel has a significant lower sulfur content of 50 parts per million (ppm) compared to current national standard of 550 ppm,” Marcos explained.
Petron has invested $2 billion for the Bataan Refinery Master Plan 2 (RMP-2) where Euro 4 fuels are locally made. It was completed in 2014./CLJD/SFV-PIA 3