New Delhi, May 28 -- Fuel stations may soon offer a supermarket-style choice of petrol, with multiple ethanol-blended variants that customers can choose depending on their vehicle compatibility, two people aware of the development said.

The government has advised state-run Indian Oil Corp. Ltd, Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd and Hindustan Petroleum Corp. Ltd, as well as privately owned Jio-bp Mobility, Nayara Energy and Shell to begin work on dispensing infrastructure for E20, E22, E25 and E30 fuels, the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity. This comes after recent Bureau of Indian Standards norms for new ethanol blends, and the government's April proposal to allow fully ethanol-powered vehicles.

The rollout will involve in...