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Methanol has many fuel properties that make it cleaner burning in gasoline engines. Besides containing oxygen for cleaner
fuel combustion, the methanol also has a high blending octane for smoother burning, a lower boiling temperature for better
fuel vapourisation in cold engine operation, the highest hydrogen to carbon ratio for lower carbon intensity fuel, and no
sulphur contamination which can poison the vehicle’s catalytic converter. These unique blending properties allow oil refiners
or gasoline blenders to produce cleaner burning gasoline that reduces vehicle emissions that are precursors to ozone and
particulate matter (PM) in the ground level atmosphere. Blending high octane methanol also replaces aromatic compounds
normally used for increasing octane in gasoline, but which also contribute to toxic emissions in the vehicle’s exhaust. In
addition, blending methanol also allows the oil refiners to expand gasoline production, upgrade regular gasoline production
to higher premium grade gasoline, and meet new environmental specifications as well as minimise the capital investments in
the oil refineries to achieve these goals.
For the oil refining industry, using methanol gasoline blends is one of the lowest cost means to expand gasoline supplies
to quickly meet the growing gasoline demand and new environmental regulation, and thereby delay capital investment in
refinery processing capacity. For the developing economies around the globe, the blending of methanol in gasoline is one of
the quickest and lowest cost means for both displacing costly petroleum energy consumed in the existing vehicle fleet on the
road, and also reducing vehicle emissions that lead to air pollution such as ozone, carbon monoxide (CO), air toxics and PM
