XP100 vs Speed 100 vs Power 100: Which One Is Actually Ethanol-Free?

Walk up to a pump in India looking for ethanol-free petrol and you won't see the word "E0" printed anywhere. Instead you'll see a brand name on a sticker or a signboard, and it changes depending on which oil company runs that pump. It's confusing by design, honestly, since these are marketing names first and fuel specifications second. Here's what each one actually is.

IOCL: XP100

Indian Oil's premium petrol is sold as XP100. It's positioned as their top-tier fuel, marketed on higher octane and cleaner combustion, and it's the one most consistently sold as genuinely ethanol-free across IOCL's outlet network. If your car or bike needs E0 and you're near an IOCL pump, XP100 is what you'd ask for by name, not "ethanol-free petrol."

BPCL: Speed 100

Bharat Petroleum's equivalent is called Speed 100. Like XP100, it's pitched as a high-octane premium fuel, and it's the ethanol-free option in BPCL's lineup. Note the "100" here refers to the product tier, not a percentage, so don't confuse it with E100 flex-fuel, which is the exact opposite of what you're looking for.

HPCL: Power 100, with one caveat worth knowing

Hindustan Petroleum sells theirs as Power 100, again marketed as their premium, high-octane fuel. Most of what's out there treats Power 100 as straightforwardly ethanol-free, and that's the general assumption. But there's a wrinkle worth being upfront about: HPCL's own official social media account has stated that Power 100 may contain up to 4.5 percent ethanol, which isn't zero. We haven't seen that reflected consistently elsewhere, and it's the kind of detail that matters if you're running a vehicle with genuinely zero ethanol tolerance, like a classic restoration or a manufacturer that's explicitly said no ethanol at all.

If your engine can tolerate a small trace of ethanol, this caveat probably doesn't change anything for you. If it can't, it's worth asking the pump directly or checking with HPCL before you rely on Power 100 the same way you would XP100 or Speed 100.

The one rule that covers all three

Notice the pattern: every brand name is a marketing label, not a technical spec. The only way to know what's really being sold at a specific pump is to ask, and even then, availability can vary day to day depending on stock. Not every outlet under a brand carries the premium grade, and a station that had it last month might not have it today. That's true whether you're checking XP100, Speed 100 or Power 100.

This is also exactly why we built E0 Finder, to consolidate what's publicly listed across all three companies onto one map instead of you having to check three separate outlet locators.