Posted: Wednesday, September 27, 2017. 11:53 a.m. CST. By BBN Staff: The Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI), in a release issued this morning, called on the government to adopt a policy that minimizes the negative impact on consumers cause by cripplingly high pump prices. Shortly after the Chamber’s release, GOB issued its own release […]
High Court overrules ERC on Sh270m fuel testing tender Swiss firm wins back tender after regulator was found to have changed tendering rules. NAIROBI, KENYA: The High Court has ordered the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to reinstate a Sh270 million controversial tender for checking fuel adulteration and substandard gas awarded to a Swiss firm. Judge John Mativo in an order dated September 22 ruled that the decision by the regulator to terminate the initial tender advertised […]
Indore: Soon, fuel theft from petrol stations will be a story of the past. Following increasing complaints of petrol-diesel stealing from pumps by implanting electronic chips and through several other corrupt means, oil marketing companies (OMCs) have rolled out tamper proof pulsar device at each of its pumps, which would thwart every attempt of wrong […]
Capacity Building The tools used for stealing and refining crude oil are rudimentary and easily obtained in any hardware store. (Photo: Pegasus Task Force, Colombian Army) The theft of crude from pipelines to illegally process hydrocarbon and convert it into gasoline has become a common crime in the country. It is calculated that 662 barrels […]
One person was killed and 14 others were injured when a fuel truck collided with a checkpoint in Kabaw town in Nafusa Mountain in western Libya. Eyewitnesses said that the fuel truck intentionally targeted the checkpoint after trying to escape from being stopped. Members of a civil movement in Kabaw – calling itself, “yes for […]
PEMEN is now calling for the buyer of Agia Zoni II’s cargoes to be revealed. Image Credit: Hellenic Coast Guard In the latest twists following the sinking of bunkering vessel Agia Zoni II earlier this month off the Port of Piraeus, Greece, there are now suggestions that the vessel’s sinking may have been the result of sabotage, […]
September 25, 2017 6:21 PM Authorities in the central Mexico state of Puebla say gunmen have shot to death three young women and two men while wounding three others during an attack on a house. The Puebla state prosecutors’ office says the women ranged in age from 16 to 23. The men were 24 and […]
At least 780 litres of fuel were seized in Police operations against theft and illegal sale of petroleum products in Bugesera District. The fuel was seized in three separate operations in Rilima Sector, in which at least 10 people were arrested in connection with the act, Jean Bosco Dusabe, Police spokesperson for the Eastern Province, […]
The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company in Kurdestan Province has exported more than 42 million liters of diesel to Iraqi Kurdistan region over the past year, the head of the company said. “Plans are underway to boost diesel export capacity by 1 million liters per day as Kurdestan Province is equipped with the necessary […]
RAMALLAH, West Bank — So far, 2017 has been an exceptionally busy year for smugglers moving adulterated fuel from Israel to the West Bank. The fuel is not only causing damage to the machinery in which it is used, but also to the coffers of the Palestinian Authority (PA), which loses out on tax revenue that would […]