The company said that 93 service stations in the Caltex network in Queensland and 228 across Australia currently offer Bio E10 Unleaded. With the upgraded terminal facilities, Caltex will be able to offer more of its customers in Queensland the choice of using a fuel that reduces greenhouse gas emissions and reliance on fossil fuels.
A new storage tank has been completed to hold about 900,000 liters of ethanol. Ethanol will be mixed with unleaded petrol simultaneously through an inline blending system as tankers are being loaded. This is expected to significantly decrease the loading time compared with the previous system utilized at Caltex’s smaller Rocklea distribution terminal.
Des King, Caltex managing director and CEO, said: Caltex has invested about A$3 million in the upgrade to the Lytton terminal and has invested in a similar upgrade at its Banksmeadow terminal in New South Wales. These upgrades are an essential component of our plan to give an increased number of customers the opportunity to choose between regular unleaded and petrol with renewable ethanol.
