Representatives of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR), the operator of Dung Quat Oil Refinery, said that the enterprise is proactively implementing production plans to ensure the supply of biofuel for the domestic market. In the context of the world energy market having many fluctuations, the enterprise is preparing to receive about 60,000 tons of E100 biofuel to blend E10 gasoline.
The biofuel source is supplied from the Central Petroleum Biofuel Plant. According to the plan, this amount of ethanol will be transported directly to the tank system of Dung Quat Refinery through a connected pipeline system, serving the bio-gasoline blending process.
Representatives of the Central Petroleum Biofuel Joint Stock Company said that the plant has completed the trial run phase and produced fuel ethanol products. In the initial operating phase, the plant produced about 470 m3 of ethanol and has exported the first batch to supply to BSR to serve the blending of E10 RON95 biofuel.
After the testing phase, the factory continues to optimize technical processes to improve production efficiency. When operating at optimal capacity, ethanol production is expected to reach about 60,000 tons per year, an average of more than 5,000 tons per month. The main input material is dried cassava slices, supplied under long-term contracts to ensure a stable source of raw materials.
According to regulations of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, from June 1, 2026, unleaded gasoline circulating nationwide must be blended into E10 bio-gasoline, while E5 RON92 gasoline will continue to be allowed to circulate until the end of 2030. This means that in the near future, most vehicles in Vietnam, estimated at about 75 million motorbikes and more than 5.5 million cars, will gradually switch to using bio-gasoline.
In the context of a sharp increase in the demand for biofuels, putting domestic ethanol plants into operation is considered an important solution to improve supply proactiveness, reduce import dependence and contribute to ensuring national energy security.
