LUKOIL WILL MANUFACTURE ONLY EURO 5 COMPLIANT GASOLINES
Monday, June 18, 2012
All LUKOIL Russian refineries will switch over to the manufacture of Euro 5 compliant AI-92 and AI-95 automobile gasoline beginning July 1, 2012. The manufacture of Euro 4 compliant gasoline will end the same day.
The first batch of Euro 5 compliant AI-98 gasoline was manufactured by the LUKOIL-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez refinery in May of 2011.
Thus, LUKOIL is well ahead of the requirements by the state technical regulations in terms of its manufacture commencement deadline for Euro 5 compliant engine fuels.
This became possible due to the rapid implementation of a large-scale refinery upgrade program by LUKOIL.
Euro 5 compliant gasoline will be offered for retail sale at LUKOIL filling stations and to wholesale customers as the residual stock of Euro 4 compliant gasoline gets depleted with time.
| LUKOIL | TECHNICAL REGULATIONS | ||
| Gasolines | Diesel fuel | Gasolines and diesel fuel | |
| 2005 | Class 4 | ||
| 2006 | Class 3 | Class 5 | |
| 2007 | |||
| 2008 | |||
| 2009 | Class 4 | ||
| 2010 | |||
| 2011 | Class 5 (AI-98) | ||
| 2012 | Class 5 (AI-92, AI-95) | ||
| 2013 | |||
| 2014 | Class 3 (permitted until December 31, 2014) | ||
| 2015 | Class 4 (permitted until December 31, 2015) | ||
| 2016 | Class 5 |
