Fuel quality monitoring includes the quality control of petrol and diesel fuel as well as light and heavy fuel oils and biofuels.
Overview
Air quality directly affects our health and the environment around us. Therefore, different environmental requirements have been established for liquid fuels used in internal combustion engines and as fuel oils. Continuous monitoring ensures the use of high-quality fuels in Estonia.
Information about petrol stations and stationary tanks and the results of fuel monitoring are available at the fuel monitoring database.
There are 494 petrol stations in the fuel monitoring database. The largest number of petrol stations are in Harju County (173), followed by Tartu County (59) and Pärnu County (42).
According to the fuel monitoring database, the quality of motor fuels sold in Estonia has improved considerably over the years. In 2022, 561 fuel samples were taken from petrol stations. Three fuel samples did not meet the requirements. The requirements were not met for the density of diesel fuel in one case and the octane number in other cases. Non-conforming samples were taken in Ida-Viru County (diesel fuel), Tartu County (petrol 98) and Valga County (petrol 98).
In 2022, 90 fuel oil samples were taken. There were four samples that did not meet the requirements. The requirements were not met for the zinc and water content of oil shale oil on three occasions and one occasion, respectively. Non-conformities occurred in Tartu County (water content), Järva County (zinc content), Võru County (zinc content) and Jõgeva County (zinc content).