HOUSTON: The two largest US oil companies are road testing renewable gasoline blends that they say could bring down emissions from conventional autos to levels competitive with electric vehicles (EV).
The fuels being promoted by Chevron Corp and ExxonMobil Corp, if made commercially available, potentially would extend the life of the petrol market as part of the world's transition to cleaner fuels and electric vehicles.
“We really believe there has to be alternatives for the light duty vehicle,” Chevron president of Americas Products Andy Walz said at an event on Wednesday (April 19) to road test the fuel. “Electrification is not the only answer.”
Chevron and Exxon disclosed in the past days test results from partnerships with automaker Toyota Motor Corp using renewable petrol partially made from soybeans or other non-fossil feedstocks. The blends could be used by the existing US car fleet and petrol stations, the oil majors have said.
The tests came as US President Joe Biden's administration last week proposed new pollution standards that could result in EV accounting for up to two-thirds of US light vehicle sales by 2032, according to government calculations.
Bringing the cost of these renewable petrol blends to affordable levels would depend on supportive government policies, Exxon said. Chevron added it could be years before the renewable fuel could be available in pumps.
“We believe it is going to need government help to get up and running, and get scale,” Walz said, referring to existing incentives such as those provided for biodiesel and renewable diesel.
The most efficient way to bring scale to renewable petrol would be through a carbon price, but not all jurisdictions are ready for it, said Balaji Krishnamurthy, Chevron's vice president of strategy and sustainability.
The companies use different metrics to measure emissions. Exxon said its renewable gasoline could reduce emissions by as much as 75% compared to conventional petrol on a life cycle basis. Chevron said its blend was more than 40% less carbon intensive than traditional gasoline, including the carbon intensity of manufacturing the vehicle. – Reuters
Source: The Sun Daily
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