What company in the Philippines sells biodiesel to the public?

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Where in the Philippines (in Metro Manila if possible)
Contacts to that company

Answer 1

Flying V first to market biodiesel in the Philippines

First posted 06:11am (Mla time) Aug 21, 2005
By Macky M. Lopez
Inquirer News Service

Editor's Note: Published on page A12 of the August 21, 2005 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

BIODIESEL is diesel blended with an additive using vegetable oil as a base. Soybean oil is used as an additive base in the United States, while rapeseed oil is used in Europe. In the Philippines, coconut oil is the raw material for the additive called coconut methyl ester (CME).

Flying V has started selling Envirotek BioActiv BD 100+, a CME-based diesel fuel enhancer in liter packs, at all its stations at P31 a liter, or 60 centavos more expensive than ordinary diesel.

The additive offers several benefits. It helps curb air pollution, reduces smoke-emission, enhances engine performance, protects the engine, strengthens acceleration, and saves on fuel.

If a jeepney covers 60 km using 10 liters of ordinary diesel, it can run 66 km using 10 liters of biodiesel. For every 50 liters of biodiesel, the jeepney driver or owner saves P130.

Flying V launched in Baguio on Aug. 1 the first Flying V Station to market pre-blended CME diesel called Envirotek Biodiesel Premium.
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As part of the city’s Bantay Kalinisan Program, the City Council passed an ordinance mandating the use of the product for all diesel engine vehicles.

On Aug. 11, Flying V launched at its station in Cainta, Rizal the sale of its Envirotek Biodiesel Premium. The occasion was graced by President Macapagal-Arroyo in recognition of Flying V’s pioneering work in the sale of an alternative fuel that can help the country save on foreign exchange. On the same day, four other Flying V stations in Metro Manila started selling biodiesel.

By September, Flying V will start selling biodiesel in Davao City. Flying V is targeting to make Envirotek Biodiesel Premium available at all its stations nationwide by the end year end.

How did Flying V get into biodiesel?

On April 14, 2003, Ramon F. Villavicencio, chair of Transworld Asia Inc., which operates Flying V stations, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the United States Agency for International Development to expand the use of cleaner sources of energy for the transport sector under the agency’s clean cities program.

Based on the MOU, the Technological University of the Philippines conducted a seminar on the use of CME for the transport sector the following month. The Philippine Clean Diesel Task Force, composed of the departments of energy, environment, trade and industry, and science and technology, the Metro Manila Development Authority, and the Bureau of Product Standards endorsed a memorandum to Ms Arroyo calling for the mandatory use of CME in diesel vehicles.

In May 2003, Flying V and Chemrez Inc. entered into a distribution agreement for the sale of CME. A month after, Flying V and USAID met to discuss the launching of biodiesel. Davao was chosen as the pilot city. The Department of Energy came out with the product standards on CME in July 2004.

The DOE and USAID, meanwhile, were conducting seminars on CME at various cities. In October 2003, the Mayor of Baguio requested Flying V to coordinate with USAID for its inclusion in the clean cities program.

The President issued on Feb. 9, 2004 Memorandum Circular No. 55 mandating the use of 1 percent by volume CME on all government diesel-powered vehicles. The DOE came out with the implementing rules and regulations of MC No. 55 on March 29, 2004 to take effect on July 2004.

Help clean the air and achieve fuel savings. Load up with Envirotek Biodiesel Premium, the fuel for life.

(Macky M. Lopez is a director and spokesperson of Transworld Asia Inc. - Flying V.)

Answer 2

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