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Caltex begins Australian ethanol fuel trial AUSTRALIA: May 21, 2003 SYDNEY - Oil major Caltex Australia Ltd (CTX.AX) yesterday announced a trial use of ethanol in petrol after an earlier effort to introduce the fuel additive failed under media claims it might damage car engines. Caltex said its ethanol-blended gas would be available for six months at five service stations in Cairns, Queensland. Jeet Bindra, Caltex's managing director, said the trial was aimed at getting wider acceptance of the fuel additive. The oil company denounced what it said was a marketing campaign in New South Wales, the country's most-populous state, to prevent ethanol use. There have been Sydney media reports saying ethanol in petrol can damage car engines, even though the additive has been widely used in North America for decades, where it has won applause for cutting carbon monoxide emissions. In February, the Australian arm of BP Plc (BP.L) axed Australia's first trial of a 10 percent ethanol-petrol blend. Caltex, 50 percent owned by ChevronTexaco (CVX.N), said its ethanol blend will use ethanol produced by CSR Ltd (CSR.AX) from Queensland sugar cane. Australia's sugar industry has pressed without success for the government to require use of fuels containing ethanol. REUTERS NEWS SERVICE ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important Questions. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/uetFAA/9bTolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuels at Journey to Forever http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuel at WebConX http://webconx.green-trust.org/2000/biofuel/biofuel.htm List messages are archived at the Info-Archive at NNYTech: http://archive.nnytech.net/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
