Malaysia: Shell and Petronas roll out new fuel ahead of government gazette

In meeting the Malaysian government’s mandate for the implementation of Euro 4M for RON 95 on January 1, 2020.

Shell Malaysia and Petronas Malaysia have announced that they have begun rolling out Euro 4M RON 95 petrol ahead of the fuel’s gazetted introduction in the country on January 1, 2020.

Shell Malaysia announced first that it had switched to Euro 4M RON 95 at selected sites. Petronas has been the second company to announce the availability of the new fuel, but it is the first to make it available nationwide.

The new fuel standard is part of the government’s roadmap, which was introduced in 2006 to increase the quality of fuels, as part of its efforts to achieve its Green Technology Policy 2009, which is to reduce environmental pollution and its impact on public health. The Malaysian modified Euro4 fuel specification, dubbed Euro 4M would reduce the maximum allowable suphur content in petrol and diesel fuel from the current standard of 500 parts per million (ppm) to 50 ppm.