By Our Reporter
Vivo Energy Uganda, has become the first oil marketer in the country to import Low Sulphur Fuel Diesel (LSFD) with 50 parts per million (ppm) sulphur content. This is as part of the amendments made by the East African Community on the requirement for sulphur content in diesel from 500PPM to 50PPM effective 1st January 2015. Vivo Energy Kenya, part of the Vivo Energy Group won the delivery of the first cargo of LSFD through the Open Tender System (OTS). The first batch will arrive in Uganda the week of February 2, 2015.
In a press release seen by the CEO Magazine, Vivo Energy Uganda Managing Director Hans Paulsen said the reduction of sulphur content will help to protect our environment.
“It is our duty to ensure we are doing business in a manner that protects and preserves our environment, not only for the current but also for the future generations. As oil marketers we need to be responsible as we go about our business reducing harm to people and the environment at all points of our interaction with them. Complying with the sulphur content reduction in diesel, as per the legal notice, highlights the fact that we are being responsible to the environment and to citizens in the communities where we operate,