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Bhutan rejected India’s E20 petrol? Even after fact check by Petroleum Ministry, Bhutanese journalist sticks to his claims

By Sandy Verma

New Delhi. A big dispute has arisen between India and neighboring country Bhutan regarding the supply of E20 petrol to India. After declaring the news of the Government of India offering Ethanol-Blended Petrol to Bhutan as completely wrong, a Bhutanese journalist has now claimed that he has evidence that Indian companies had made this offer to Bhutan.

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Tenzing Lamsang, editor of Bhutan’s leading newspaper The Bhutanese, is adamant on his claim. The journalist has shared an official written document of the Department of Trade of the Government of Bhutan on the social media platform X, in which it has been said that this proposal has been made by the Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) of India.

India’s Petroleum Ministry did a fact check

On Sunday, India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas issued a fact check rejecting the news based on the Bhutanese newspaper. The government clearly said that the reports of Bhutan rejecting the proposal to import E20 petrol from India are completely false. Indian oil marketing companies (OMCs) had not made any such proposal nor is there any plan under discussion to export E20 petrol to Bhutan. The ministry had appealed to the people and media to rely only on official statements.

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Bhutanese journalist still adamant

However, after this denial by the Indian government, The Bhutanese editor Tenzing Lamsang also made a post. In this post he wrote that his report was based on the written reply of the Bhutan government. According to the government document shared by Lamsang, Bhutan has refused to accept E20 petrol from India and during the meetings requested Indian oil companies to continue supplying normal petrol.

What is the reason given?

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The Bhutan government has also given some reasons behind refusing ethanol blended petrol. In this alleged written reply of the Bhutan government, concern has been expressed regarding the maintenance of this petrol. Actually, ethanol attracts moisture and water particles from the air very fast. Bhutan is a mountainous and extremely humid country. In such a situation, if water gets mixed with petrol due to ethanol, the quality of the fuel will deteriorate and the engines of the vehicles can get completely damaged. Bhutan has said that the existing underground storage tanks installed at petrol pumps in the country are not meant to store ethanol blended fuel as there is a high risk of water leakage.

Controversy going on in India also

It is worth noting that before this there was a controversy going on in India regarding E20 petrol. Many people have complained that the use of E20 petrol has reduced the mileage of their vehicles and the risk of engine parts getting damaged in the long run is also increasing. On the other hand, the Indian government says that ethanol blending will reduce India’s dependence on crude oil imports and is also environment friendly.

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