SAN ANTONIO -- Valero Energy Corp. has announced today that one of its company-owned Valero Corner Stores in San Antonio has begun selling E-85, a blend of fuel consisting of up to 85% ethanol blended with unleaded gasoline. E-85 is approved for use in flex-fuel vehicles (FFVs), which continue to grow in popularity with buyers of new cars and light-duty trucks.
Valero also announced plans to continue introducing sales of E-85 at new Valero Corner Stores as they're built. The stores will continue selling all grades of gasoline and diesel fuel at its locations.
The [image-nocss] first San Antonio store launching the sale of E-85 is offering the fuel in a separate and clearly marked dispenser.
The new addition to the fuels offered at Valero Corner Stores builds on increased use of ethanol throughout the United States, as mandated by the federal government. Nearly all gasoline sold at Valero Corner Storesand all gasoline sold at the company's San Antonio locationsalready contains up to 10% ethanol. The new E-85 offering will meet the needs of new FFVs, which are designed to run on either conventional gasoline or E-85.
"There are already millions of Flex Fuel vehicles on the road, and there's a growing market for E-85," said Gary Arthur,president of Valero's Retail Division. "As Valero builds new Corner Stores, we will continue to introduce E-85 sales to satisfy this growing demand."
Valero owns and operates nearly 1,000 Corner Stores in Texas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Wyoming.
San Antonio-based Valero owns or operates 15 refineries with a combined throughput capacity of approximately 2.8 million barrels per day. Valero is also a leading ethanol producer with 10 ethanol plants in the Midwest with a combined capacity of 1.1 billion gallons per year, and is one of the nation's largest retail operators with approximately 5,800 retail and branded wholesale outlets in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean under the Valero, Diamond Shamrock, Shamrock, Ultramar and Beacon brands.
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