ARA Policy On Product Specifications
ARA Policy On Product Specifications
ARA Policy On Product Specifications
The African Refiners Association (ARA), founded in 2006, has consistently campaigned
for improved fuel specifications as a partial solution to raising air quality in Africa.
ARA POLICY
1) ARA supports the application of AFRI specifications across Africa. The objective is
that these will be adopted by the African Union as the official African Road Map for
fuel specs.
2) African governments should take the necessary actions to ensure that fuel quality
meets AFRI 4 by 2020 and AFRI 5 by 2030
4) Improving fuel quality needs to be accompanied by laws restricting the age and
quality of vehicle imports and the introduction of a comprehensive vehicle
maintenance, inspection and testing programme
6) ARA Members will work with their governments and regional economic
communities to encourage the implementation of the above actions and implement
the necessary regulatory framework.
This policy is based on several landmark studies carried out by the ARA as outlined in
the Annexe below
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ANNEXE
MON, min. 81 81 81 81 81
Lead content, mg/l max.(4) 5 5 5 5 5
Sulphur content, mg/kg, max. 1000 500 300 150 50
to be to be
Benzene content, v ol%, max. 5 1 1
reported reported
Aromatics, v ol%, max. n/a n/a n/a n/a 42
Density at 15°C, kg/m³ min-max n/a n/a n/a n/a 725-780
RVP, kPa, max. n/a n/a n/a n/a 65
Ethanol content, v ol%, max.(2) 5 5 5 10 10
4) Review of the relationship between sulphur level in diesel fuel and African air quality (2016)
This study demonstrated that improvement in air quality depends on several inter-related actions by African
governments
Using data from the above studies and a recent report by CCAC, this study demonstrated that improving product
quality alone only eliminates 15 to 20% of vehicle air pollution and that reducing vehicle pollution only solves part
of the problem, - road dust, factories, ships and charcoal/wood burning all contribute to poor air quality
The study shows how fuels and vehicles must be treated as an integrated system; reductions in sulphur need to be
linked to restrictions on vehicle imports, the introduction of advanced vehicle technologies and testing regimes that
ensure significant emission reduction benefits.
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The voice of african downstream oil Legal Headquarters Operational Headquarters Tel +225 22446616
La voix de l'aval pétrolier africain ARA Lot 70 Rue des Cannas Fax +225 22484348
صوت مصب النفط األفريقي 1200 Geneva Ilot 6 B Danga Sud | Cocody Danga | Abidjan | Email [email protected]
Switzerland Côte d’Ivoire | PO Box: 08 BP 2565 Abidjan 08 website www.afrra.org
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