The new BP Ultimate fuels include ACTIVE technology based on patented technology specially designed to actively fight dirt and protect against it building up.

As a result, BP said drivers using its Ultimate fuels may see improved fuel efficiency as well as a reduction in their CO2 equivalent emissions by up to 4% for the same journey.

The fuels have already been launched in the UK and BP stations across Australia, New Zealand, the US, Europe and South Africa will begin to see the new fuels in their forecourts in the coming weeks.

“This is our biggest fuels launch in 10 years”, said Tufan Erginbilgic, BP’s chief executive, downstream. “Bringing ACTIVE technology to our forecourts, we have developed a fuel that is designed to benefit our customers and the environment. We think this is an important step towards improving fuel efficiency. It demonstrates our commitment to giving our customers what they want at the same time as enabling a reduction of carbon emissions in the atmosphere. In the future, we hope all fuels will be like this.”