Petronas new quality diesel caters to demand

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Rundi (standing fifth left) with Syed Zainal (fourth left) and other Petronas senior officials pose for a photo with members of the car clubs that took the challenge in the ‘Experience to Believe’ road trip.

BINTULU: Petronas is looking into increasing the availability of its improved Dynamic Diesel with Pro-Drive to over 20 Petronas stations across Sarawak by this year end.

Petronas’s vice-president of Downstream Marketing Datuk Seri Syed Zainal Abidin Syed Mohd Tahir said the new formulated diesel will be available at nine selected Petronas stations in Bintulu and Miri by end of March.

“We recognise that the state is undergoing rapid development with a few mega projects in the pipeline including the Pan Borneo Highway and demand for quality diesel will grow in tandem.

“We hope to speed up the availability as fast as possible to cater to this growing demand,” he said during the official launch of the Dynamic Diesel with Pro-Drive at the Tun Ahmad Zaidi Petronas station which was officiated by Minister of Utilities Dato Sri Dr Stephen Rundi Utom.

The Pro-Drive formulation he said is basically derived from Petronas’ experience and achievements gained from professional racing to develop products that will give customers better drive.

“Just as our Petronas Primax fuel has been translated from the Formula One race track to the road, the improved Dynamic Diesel with Pro-Drive is the result of the learning gained from the world’s toughest and most demanding off-road endurance race – the Dakar Rally,” he said.

He pointed out that the Dakar Rally has provided Petronas a platform to study the requirements of the latest high performance diesel-powered vehicles and continuously improve its products to meet even the most extreme driving conditions.

Based on the laboratory tests conducted, the Petronas Dynamic Diesel Euro 5 with Pro-Drive removes deposits and protects injectors thus allowing the fuel to effectively clean the engine, ensuring optimum engine efficiency.

In comparison to other diesel fuels in the market tested, results showed that the Petronas Dynamic Diesel Euro 5 with Pro-Drive recorded higher cetane number, which helps to improve combustion resulting in smoother drive, cleaner emission and lower noise.

Petronas Dynamic Diesel Euro 5 with Pro-Drive also has higher heating value, indicating more energy per kilogramme fuel to deliver better fuel economy.

“Our test results have confirmed that the Petronas Dynamic Diesel Euro 5 with Pro-Drive is clearly the best in the market, in terms of detergency, power restoration, combustion and fuel economy,” Zainal assured.

Petronas has been a part of Sarawak’s progress for the past 44 years and will continue to play a key role in the state’s growth aspirations.

“We are truly excited about the new Petronas Dynamic Diesel Euro 5 with Pro-Drive, the new generation diesel that will no doubt perfectly complement existing and new car models running on Euro 5 diesel,” he said.

Over 60 members of the car clubs including Chevrolet, Toyota, Mitsubishi, Ford Ranger, Isuzu and Nissan using 30 vehicles were flagged off for the ‘Experience to Believe’ road trip to Kakus, Tatau after the official event.

Earlier, they were briefed about the product by Head of Retail Marketing, Retail Business Abang Jimmy Abang Mordian.