Gasolines

Developments in gasoline quality are driven by ever-increasing efforts to protect the environment. In line with legal regulations, motor vehicle manufacturers are expected to further reduce vehicle emissions, especially the quantity of emitted gases responsible for the greenhouse-gas effect (primarily carbon-dioxide) step-by-step.

This implies changes in the composition of fuels. Along with improvements in engine construction, continuous developments must also be achieved in the use of additives and in other gasoline properties. In improving its fuels, MOL has kept recent trends in engine development, namely the advent of high pressure direct injection gasoline engines and the spread of modern afterburner catalysts, strictly in mind. Required fuel quality improvements mean, in the first place, the reduction of sulphur content and introduction of bio content.

• According to EU gasoline standard (EN228:2009), level of sulphur content in gasoline must have met maximum 10 mg/kg requirement.
• Bratislava Refinery introduced sulphur-free motor fuels in January 2004 in Slovakia, and since July 2005, MOL has also been marketing sulphur-free gasoline types with less than 10 mg/kg, and has reduced the aromatics content to 35% by volume. 
• In 2010 INA introduced sulphur free (maximum 10 mg/kg sulphur) gasoline to the Croatian market.
• Motor gasoline contains bio-ethanol and/or bio ETBE in Hungary and in Slovakia.
  

Both the achieved fuel improvements and the additives most recently developed by international producers ensure the high quality of MOL gasoline types. During the development activity of gasoline types MOL has adhered to EU norms, and improved those properties, which are the most important to users. In 1993, two years before the EU directive was published, we reduced the sulphur content of gasoline to 0.05%, and from 1997 onwards, benzene content was limited to 2%. Since April 1999, prior to the EU specifications, we have only marketed unleaded gasoline types.

In 1986, the unleaded gasoline was introduced in the markets of Slovnaft. Since 1995, Slovnaft has only been producing unleaded gasoline products.

From 2000 onwards, Hungarian and Slovak standards have reached the quality requirements of EU specifications. In its product development plans, MOL Group considers all the targets defined by environmental protection efforts and legal regulations.

MOL EVO NEO
Through its own filling station network, MOL is marketing a high quality gasoline, containing the most sophisticated additives and in a special proprietary formula under the brand name “MOL EVO NEO”. When developing this fuel, the aim was not only to meet specifications required by the standards, but also to satisfy the sometimes even more important user application needs. Gasoline MOL EVO NEO meets these expectations, as well as the motor vehicle manufacturer recommendations by the aid of using special performance additives.

Owing to its unique formula and state-of-the-art additives, MOL EVO NEO prevents the formation of deposits on valves in the combustion chamber, and provides protection against corrosion and gum formation. Whereas Gasoline MOL EVO NEO is an ideal fuel for traditional engines with carburetor systems and for the most modern injection and turbocharged engines as well its peak performance can be achieved in the most modern vehicle models. Those are the technical parameters of MOL EVO NEO, which make it reliable and superior to conventional gasoline types:

• Olefin content, lower than 1v/v%, reduces the generation of damage to near-the-ground ozone
• Concentration of strong carcinogenic benzene is significantly lower than standard specifications demand 
• Below 10 mg/kg sulphur content means it is environmentally friendly and contributes to more efficient catalyst performance 
• Contains bio-ETBE for environmental protection.
• EVO NEO gasoline does not contain ethanol, only ETBE (this branded gasoline is so called ‘protection grade’ gasoline)
• Better acceleration, greater power and smoother idling is achieved 
• Lower harmful substance emissions in both older and the newest engines