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Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.OMCs refute Karnataka’s E20 report, seeks additional details about procedure
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State‑run oil marketing companies (OMCs) have disputed Karnataka’s claim that petrol in the state contains ethanol levels far above the 20% limit. The OMCs said their own testing of 56 samples from across Karnataka showed an average ethanol content of 19.3%, and they asked for joint, transparent testing with the state government, arguing that the Karnataka tests were not based on prescribed standards. Karnataka minister Rizwan Arshad, however, alleged that some petrol sold in the state contains up to 31.2% ethanol and demanded explanations from Union ministers Hardeep Singh Puri and Nitin Gadkari. The oil companies maintain that the E20 fuel supplied meets all standards.
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The public sector OMCs further sought joint, transparent testing with the State Government to establish the facts. The post OMCs reject Karnataka’s claims of high levels of ethanol in petrol; allege testing not based on prescribed standards appeared first on The South First | News, Politics, Sports…
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Public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) have rejected the Karnataka government’s allegations that petrol sold at certain retail outlets in the state contained up to 31.2 per cent ethanol, stating that the reported findings were not based on tests conducted as per prescribed procedures. The…
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The companies said E20 petrol supplied by them across the country, including Karnataka, conformed to IS 17021, the Bureau of Indian Standards specification for ethanol-blended motor gasoline.
— NDTV
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The state-owned OMCs held the 56 samples tested by them from across the state reported an average 19.3% ethanol content in the vehicular fuel.
