Kum & Go, Sheetz decisions to offer E15 will significantly increase US consumption of the fuel

The decision by retail chains Kum & Go and Sheetz to start selling E15, a gasoline with 15 percent of ethanol, or 50 percent more than the typical U.S. blend, will greatly increase consumption of this fuel, Reuters news said in a recent analysis.

By next year the two networks will add E15 dispensing points, combined, at 125 locations which means that the number of stations selling E15 in the US will more than double.

Decreasing ethanol prices and the incentives related to carbon credits are pushing consumption of E15 fuel, according to the report.

According to Reuters calculations, if E15 gasoline-ethanol mixes were to replace the widespread E10 then oil firms would lose to ethanol producers, all located in the US Midwest, a total of $15 billion.