Dung Quat Biofuel Plant to Restart in November 2025

(Chinhphu.vn) - With progress strictly controlled by day and human resources mobilized at the highest level, Dung Quat biofuel factory is expected to officially restart ethanol production to serve E10 biofuel blending in November 2025.

Dung Quat Biofuel Plant to resume operations in November this year

Mr. Pham Van Vuong, Director of Central Petroleum Biofuel Joint Stock Company ( BSR -BF), the unit managing and operating Dung Quat biofuel factory, said this at a recent working session with leaders of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR).

According to Mr. Pham Van Vuong, the units are focusing all their efforts to speed up the maintenance progress of Dung Quat Biofuel Plant with the goal of completing it before October 31, 2025. Maintenance activities are being carried out in the power-steam workshop area after completing the start-up of the main power station to supply electricity to the entire Dung Quat Biofuel Plant. With the progress being strictly controlled by the day and the manpower mobilized at the highest level as it is now, the plant is expected to officially restart ethanol production for E10 biofuel blending in November 2025.

According to Mr. Nguyen Viet Thang, General Director of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical Joint Stock Company (BSR), completing the maintenance of Dung Quat biofuel plant is a prerequisite to ensure technical safety and be ready for stable operation when the plant restarts in November 2025. This is also an important preparation step for BSR to implement the green fuel conversion roadmap according to the direction of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group ( Petrovietnam ) and the Government.

With a capacity of 100 million liters of Ethanol/year, produced from mainly dried cassava chips, Dung Quat biofuel plant together with Dung Quat oil refinery not only helps BSR optimize the supply chain, increase product value but also contributes to ensuring energy security, reducing emissions and developing clean, environmentally friendly fuels, gradually realizing the goal of sustainable development, towards a circular and carbon-neutral economy (Net Zero) by 2050 in Vietnam.

According to the new direction of the Ministry of Industry and Trade, from January 1, 2026, all commercial gasoline on the market must switch to E10 gasoline. With domestic gasoline consumption of about 12 - 15 million m3/year, the amount of ethanol needed to meet blending requirements is about 1.2 - 1.5 million m3/year. However, up to this point, domestic ethanol production capacity is currently at 450,000 m3/year, equivalent to 40% of demand, the rest must be imported. In the context of fluctuating world ethanol prices, increasingly competitive markets and import tax policies, restoring the operation of domestic ethanol plants is an urgent and effective solution.

Anh Tho

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