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equirement of 10 ppm. China is expected to lower its nationwide limits to 50 ppm<br />

by December 2013, and possibly to 10 ppm by 2016.<br />

India requires 150 ppm sulphur gasoline nationwide, while 50 ppm has been<br />

required for 13 selected cities since September 2010 – and for seven additional cities<br />

since March 2012. India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has identified 50<br />

other cities with large vehicle populations and high pollution levels to be included in<br />

the implementation of 50 ppm sulphur gasoline. This is expected to be conducted in<br />

phases and completed by 2015.<br />

Other major consuming countries around the globe are also progressing with<br />

tightening gasoline quality specifications, albeit from much softer current requirements.<br />

This trend is especially evident in the Middle East, Russia, South Africa and<br />

some countries in Latin America. Saudi Arabia plans to switch to 10 ppm gasoline by<br />

2013, followed soon after by other countries in the Middle East region, while Russia<br />

expects a nationwide penetration of 10 ppm gasoline by 2016. South Africa has agreed<br />

to enforce 10 ppm gasoline by 2017.<br />

Turning to diesel fuel specifications, these not only differ between countries<br />

and regions, but also between various sectors. In the EU, the European Fuel Quality<br />

Directive has required on-road diesel fuel sulphur content to be set at 10 ppm since<br />

2009, with off-road diesel sulphur reaching the same level in January 2011 (there is<br />

derogation in some countries and sectors).<br />

Sulphur limits of 10 ppm for on-road diesel fuel are also in place in Japan, Hong<br />

Kong, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. In Canada, a switch to 15<br />

ppm for on-road diesel happened in June 2006 and off-road diesel was fully aligned<br />

in October 2010. The same level of maximum 15 ppm sulphur for on-road diesel has<br />

also existed in the US since 2010, though California introduced a 15 ppm limit for<br />

both on-road and off-road in June 2006. At the US federal level, the off-road diesel<br />

limit of 15 ppm maximum came in to effect in 2012, with the exception of small<br />

refineries, which are required to do so by 2014.<br />

China planned to reduce its on-road diesel sulphur to 350 ppm in January 2010,<br />

but the deadline was later postponed to July 2012. This limit, however, is still not<br />

widely enforced. Nevertheless, at the more regional level, Beijing has a diesel sulphur<br />

limit of 10 ppm, while cities of Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzen, Dongguan and<br />

Nanjing have required a 50 ppm maximum since May 2012. It is worth stating that<br />

the legislation behind this switch includes China’s first official differentiation between<br />

on-road and off-road diesel requirements. India has also set two different diesel fuel<br />

specifications, one for nationwide supply and the other for 20 selected cities. The<br />

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