July 13, 2015
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Ethiopia has blended 12.5 million litres of ethanol with benzene in the past fiscal year, the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy said, according to Ethiopia's Walta Information Center.
Bezuneh Tolecha, Public Relations Head at the Ministry, told Walta Information Center (WIC) Ethiopia saved US$10.2 million from the utilization of 12.5 million litres of blended ethanol with benzene.
Currently, Fincha and Metehara sugar factories are producing ethanol products and also six additional new sugar factories will start ethanol production in the coming fiscal year, Bezuneh stated.
Ethiopia blends 10%s of ethanol with 90% of benzene for truck consumption through Nile Petroleum, Oilibya and NOC, Bezuneh elaborated.
Ethiopia began ethanol production in 2009 GC.