BP Amoco and Ford Motor Company Launch Cleaner Gasolines in Detroit

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BP Amoco and Ford Motor Company on Monday announced the availability of newly reformulated lower sulfur fuels in the Detroit area, aiming to reduce smog-producing vehicle exhaust emissions. The cleaner gasolines, Crystal Clear Amoco Ultimate and BP Super 93, will keep an estimated 176,000 pounds of emissions out of the air each year, equivalent to the exhaust of 5,192 cars and trucks.

Key Takeaways:

  • BP Amoco will spend more than $100 million in the next two years to upgrade refining facilities and operations to make cleaner fuels available in 40 cities worldwide.
  • The cleaner gasolines will be available at no additional cost to consumers.
  • The "Cleaner Fuels" program aims to reduce global greenhouse emissions by 10 percent by 2010.
  • Detroit is one of the first cities in the United States to get the new gasolines, which meet the tougher federal cleaner fuels standards.
  • Ford will use BP Amoco's cleaner fuels to fill the tank of each new vehicle that rolls off an assembly line where the low sulfur gas is available.
  • More than 2 million LEV (low emission vehicle) Ford trucks, vans, and SUVs are already on the road.
  • Doug Ford, BP Amoco Chief Executive for Refining and Marketing, said the company is lowering the sulfur content of its premium grades of gasolines to 30 parts-per-million, four years ahead of the Environmental Protection Agency 2004 standard.

Statistics:

  • The cleaner gasolines will reduce smog-producing vehicle exhaust emissions by 7 tons per month.
  • An estimated 176,000 pounds of emissions will be kept out of the air each year.
  • The exhaust of 5,192 cars and trucks will be equivalent to the emissions reduction.
  • BP Amoco plans to make cleaner fuels available in 40 cities worldwide within the next two years.

Sources:

  • UPI (March 6, 2000)
  • BP Amoco
  • Ford Motor Company
  • Environmental Protection Agency (no date mentioned)