Dung Quat accelerates production of bio-ethanol

The Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) is accelerating the building of the Dung Quat bio-fuel production plant, aiming put it into operation on a trial run by October, 2011.

After 16 months of construction, 75 percent of the project has been completed. This is the biggest bio-fuel production plant in central Vietnam and it will use cassava to produce 100 million liters of bio- ethanol petrol per year. The super clean product will partly replace traditional petrol.

The first phase of the project cost more than VND 2,200 billion. – VOV

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Posted by VBN on Apr 18 2011. Filed under Oil-Gas & Petroleum. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

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