Media Centre & Technical Documents

News Releases

• Important Research Provides Assurances for Bio Heating and Transportation Fuels
  January 29, 2010 – Collaboration between the Government of Canada and a number of energy and transportation organizations is advancing essential research on the storage and use of heating and transportation fuel containing biodiesel. 
• CPPI is a Proud Sponsor of CIPEC
  July 30, 2009 – Government of Canada Applauds International Recognition in Energy Efficiency for Canadian Industry.
• Business Coalition urges premiers to open trade within Canada as prelude
  to Canada-Europe negotiations.
• Letter to the Editor
  May 2009 – Canada does not have high sulphur gasoline.
• CPPI 2008 Petroleum Fuel Carrier Safety Awards – Western Division
  April 16, 2009 – The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute recognized four transportation companies that completed the delivery of petroleum products in a safe manner during 2008.
• CPPI Supports University of Waterloo Research on Pollution Prevention
  April 14, 2009 - The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute  today announced that it would provide $12,000 in support of continuing research by Dr. J.F. Barker on the fate and transformation of plumes of gasoline containing ethanol in soil and water. 
• Renewable Diesel Blends Perform in Cold Weather
  February 9, 2009 - The Alberta Renewable Diesel Demonstration (ARDD), Canada's largest cold-weather study of renewable diesel fuels, has successfully demonstrated the on-road use of low level renewable diesel blends in a range of Canadian climatic conditions.
• CPPI Responds to “Fuel Quality in Canada” – Superficial Study Designed to Confuse Consumers, Says President Peter Boag
  January 15, 2009 - The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) is assuring Canadians that they enjoy some of the highest fuel quality choices in the world. CPPI is responding to a report issued by the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada (AIAMC) that unfairly cast doubt on the fuel quality frameworks in place in Canada.
• New Information Web Portal on Canadian Refining
  May 26, 2008 - The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute launched believeinit.ca, a public portal with information and activities related to the manufacturing and use of petroleum products. Information and links on climate change, air pollution, the marketplace and safety can all be found here.
• The Future of Transportation Fuels in an Uncertain Environment
  April 1, 2008 - Peter Boag, CPPI President, addresses the Canadian Independent Petroleum Marketers Association (CIPMA) at their Annual Conference in Ottawa, Ontario.
• Ten national associations call on political leaders to fix internal trade in Canada
  April 1, 2008  - On the first anniversary of the historic trade agreement between Alberta and British Columbia, a national coalition of ten business, industry and professional associations urge the federal and provincial governments to cooperate in finding ways to strengthen the economic union.
  • News Release 
  • Improving Internal Trade: A Bold Approach 
• Canada's Largest Renewable Diesel Demonstration Launches
  January 22, 2008 - Canada's largest cold-weather, on-road demonstration of renewable diesel officially launched today. The Alberta Renewable Diesel Demonstration, managed by Climate Change Central, comes after months of laboratory testing of various fuel feedstocks and production processes.
• Peter Boag chosen to lead CPPI
  August 23, 2007 - The Board of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Peter Boag to the position of CPPI President.
• CPPI Responds to Behind the Numbers, Accuses Authors of Advocating Price Regulation in Disguise
  May 10, 2007 - The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) categorically rejected the report by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives "Behind the Numbers" calling it simplistic, ignoring market realities and a thinly veiled argument for price regulation in Canada.
• CPPI would like to provide comment to the Diesel Fuel News newsletter in regards to the Calgary Herald article entitled Vehicles Struggling with Oilsands Diesel
  April 18, 2007 - A CanWest News story printed April 17th quoted a US Department of Energy official commenting on fuel quality concerns with diesel derived from oil sands. It was his view that diesel fuel made from 100 per cent oil sand petroleum causes injector malfunctions and other problems in some diesel truck engines. This information is not supported by proper analysis and could lead readers to a false impression.
• Taxing Renewable Fuels Could Raise Costs, Discourage Consumers
  March 20, 2007 - The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) questions the wisdom of eliminating the Federal excise tax exemption on renewable fuels. Finance Minister Flaherty announced yesterday that it would end the exemption on April 1, 2008.
• CPPI Responds to Government Announcement on Biofuels Initiatives
  December 20, 2006 - Alain Perez, President of the Canadian Petroleum Products Institute, responded to today’s announcement of the government’s support for biofuels development as a positive reaffirmation of the role of scientific excellence in bringing new industrial development to the Canadian economy.
• Biodiesel to be Tested in Long-term Canadian Demonstration Pilot
  December 18, 2006 - A group of stakeholders, with an interest in the quality requirements of biodiesel blends used in Canada, are announcing their intention to embark on a two-phase biodiesel pilot project in anticipation of a federal renewable fuels strategy.
• Nova Scotians to Pay More for Gasoline
  May 3, 2006 - The Canadian Petroleum Products Institute (CPPI) is disappointed to hear that Nova Scotia has decided to regulate the retail price of gasoline which will ultimately cost consumers more at the pump.