Indian Oil Launches 100 Octane Petrol in India

Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) has launched 100 Octane petrol in India. Branded as XP100, this premium-grade petrol will initially be available in only 10 cities — Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Agra, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune, and Ahmedabad. However, IOC intends to soon provide XP100 100 Octane petrol in cities like Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Bhubaneswar. Currently, the petrol available in India has 91 Octane. But with XP100, India has entered the list of some select countries like the US, Germany, Malaysia, Indonesia, Israel, and Greece.

Dharmendra Pradhan, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Steel, said, “XP100 premium petrol will initially be available at select outlet of IOC in 10 cities — Delhi, Gurgaon, Noida, Agra, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ludhiana, Mumbai, Pune and Ahmedabad. The fuel is manufactured at IOC’s Mathura refinery in Uttar Pradesh and supplied at select petrol pumps. This is a testimony to India’s technological prowess and manufacturing it within our refineries is a shining example of Aatmanirbhar Bharat (self-reliant India)”

Indian Oil Corporation noted that XP100 will be produced at Indian Oil’s Mathura refinery using indigenous Octamax technology developed by Indian Oil’s R&D division. Presently, three octane grades are available at most of the retail stations — 87 (regular), 89 (mid-grade) and 91-94 (premium). Octane ratings are measures of fuel stability; it is the measure of a fuel’s ability to avoid knocking. Knocking occurs when fuel is prematurely ignited in the engine’s cylinder, which degrades efficiency and can be damaging to the engine. The higher the octane number, the more resistant the petrol mixture is to knocking. IOC noted that XP100 premium-grade fuel will improve engine performance, engine longevity, and fuel-efficiency. Furthermore, it also meets BS6 emission norms. However, all this comes at a steep price — a litre of XP100 petrol in Delhi will cost you ₹160, which is almost twice the cost of regular petrol.

Source: ToI