Volkswagen scandal to hit diesel, boost gasoline, support aromatics prices: sources

The actual fall-out of the engine emissions scandal engulfing Volkswagen might reposition gasoline as a street fuel of choice amongst Western consumers in the long-term and thus, further limit the supply associated with aromatics into the chemical cycle, refining and automotive resources said over the past week.

This may ultimately boost aromatic need into the gasoline pool as well as prolong refinery scheme modifications, implemented this year, to increase the actual blending of more aromatics into gasoline, sources stated.

One solvent aromatic submission supplier source, working for a ecu refinery, said that the bad promotion from the VW scandal can further accelerate the change away from diesel to gas demand in the long term and allows them to re-balance the traditional diesel-gasoline production position in European countries.

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