Tosco Corp endorses cleaner gasoline for US
Jan. 9, 1998 Tosco Corporation will support an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandate to dramatically improve
gasoline quality to reduce air pollution throughout the United States. Tosco's recommendation calls for a major
reduction in the sulphur content of gasoline sold in the U.S.
At the present time there is no consistent federal standard for sulphur in gasoline, but the average for all gasoline
sold in the U.S. is over 300 parts per mm (ppm). Tosco's proposed new standard would set the upper limit at only 80
ppm, or a reduction of approximately 75 %.
The American Automobile Manufacturers Association (AAMA) has indicated that sulphur is one of the major barriers to
achieving the clean air goals of the EPA. There seems to be broad consensus that reducing sulphur levels in gasoline
on a national basis will result in much lower emissions.
Thomas D. O'Malley, Tosco's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, " Gasoline is the best practical motor fuel
for the American public, and gasoline can be the environmental fuel of the future. Tosco's principal business is
refining and marketing gasoline in the United States. We think that our industry has not moved far enough or fast
enough on this issue. Gasoline must be constantly improved on both an environmental and performance basis, and our
recommended change is a clear move in that direction."
Tosco commits to make the investment necessary to produce the environmental fuel of the future - low-sulphur
gasoline.