B5 MANDATE BY 2011

• B5 - Diesel blended with Palm Methyl Ester.
• B5 = 5% Methyl Ester + 95% Regular Diesel.
• Will take up 500,000 tonnes of the country's total annual CPO production.
• Government will spend RM 43.1 million for developing 6 petroleum depots with blending facilities.
• Current petroleum diesel retails at RM 1.70 a litre. Blending will cause price increase between 2 to 6 cents a litre.
• Malaysia has approved 56 licenses for biofuel production with capacity 6.8 million tonnes.
• Last year 227,457 tonnes palm-based biofuel have been exported with value at RM 606 million.

Source - MY Palm Oil.