Chairwoman Pissawan Achanapornkul said yesterday that Shell was ready to sell E20 in its fuel stations around the country as it was able to produce E100 and sell it commercially in Brazil.
However, the Netherlands-based oil company has no such plan at present because demand for E20 is not sufficient to justify switching some of its tanks to distribute E20. Besides, the government's policy is not sufficiently attractive to persuade oil companies to switch to E20. At present, the price gaps between E20 and gasohol 95 and gasohol 91, both E10 blends, are Bt3.40 and 90 satang per litre, respectively.
"All new cars in the market are compatible with E20, but do all car users want to use such biofuels? We don't think that demand is big enough. We have our internal target for demand for E20. Once demand reaches that target, it is possible that Shell will begin to distribute that biofuel," she said.
Pissawan pointed out that the price gap between gasohol 91 and E20 was less than Bt1 per litre. An appropriate gap would be more than Bt1 per litre to attract people to use E20.
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