Comments on: Oil Industry Protests over Sharp Switch to Euro-5

By: 09 July 2023 status of Euro 5/Euro V fuels

09 July 2023 status of Euro 5/Euro V fuels — Sun, 09 Jul 2023 03:37:41 +0000

Well car industry wanted 2 years (https://carspiritpk.com/two-years-and-still-no-euro-5-cars/ & https://carspiritpk.com/auto-industry-wants-2-years-euro-5/#comment-14101) and fuel industry wanted 3 years and checkpoint where we are now:

Today 09-Jul-2023 is exactly 3 years from 09-Jul-2020, the date this article was published.

Oil refineries wanted 3 years to upgrade to Euro 5/ Euro V https://carspiritpk.com/oil-refineries-criticize-euro-5-pricing-formula/, now where is it?

Granted that NRL is producing Euro V diesel complying with the deadline 01-Jan-2023 https://carspiritpk.com/two-years-and-still-no-euro-5-cars/#comment-13721, what is stopping the other refineries from upgrading to Euro 5 petrol and Euro V diesel?

The situation of MMT additive also remains unclear https://carspiritpk.com/two-years-and-still-no-euro-5-cars/#comment-11347. Its usage beyond 1st May 2019 was forbidden, but did anyone comply?

By: TiredOfThisShit

TiredOfThisShit — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:54:35 +0000

The government must hire experienced consultants to formulate such policy in best interest of consumers and environment.

By: Khurram

Khurram — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 04:07:00 +0000

Their concerns for effect of price increase on public is touching, what happened to this instinct when the fools tried to mint money by stocking the petrol? Moreover, these old cars are running perfectly on newer version of petrol than they had originally been designed to run on. I think that using Euro 5 grade petrol in their engine won’t hurt either as it is nothing but a cleaner fuel. Am I correct in thinking that?

By: Guest

Guest — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 17:33:51 +0000

Oil industry = local oil refineries? Or oil marketing companies?

No name of industry association or the spokesperson is given …

Btw the local refineries have been slacking on the MMT issue. Their deadline passed more than one year ago in April 2019 yet no action.

Now they’re once again protesting because being the sloths they are. Fuel has always been difficult to afford for average Pakistani citizen, these people are crying about the 7-8 rupees price hike whereas Pakistanis have absorbed much higher price hikes with resilience. Now it looks like they just don’t want to give higher quality healthy product to pubic.

Moreover the mal-intent in wanting to switch to Euro 4 can be smelled. They will ask for subsidies, price-gouge the customers and eat khanchas from suppliers and contractors in going to Euro 4. Then in a few years they will do the same in going to Euro 5. Then in a few years they will so the same in going to Euro 6 (and above if new standards arrive). It is too late to adopt a phased approach, better to spend in one go and see a modernaization of 15 years (Euro-standards of fuel usually change every 4 or 5 years).