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MyPetrolPump to raise funds from central initiative…

By PTI  | Published: 30th October 2017 06:40 PM  | Last Updated: 30th October 2017 07:00 PM  |   A+A A-   | Bengaluru, Oct 30 (PTI) City-based startup MyPetrolPump today said it was keen to avail benefits under a central government initiative to raise funds for extending their technology solutions to detect and prevent fuel adulteration. “Last week, the central […]

Oil theft racket busted in Surat, three…

Summary: Surat: The state monitoring cell of Gujarat police busted a petrol and diesel theft racket in Kawas of Surat on Saturday. The drivers were offered money for allowing them to steal the oil. The accused opened the locks of the tankers with master keys with them.The arrested accused and the seized material were handed […]

Ghana goes hard on fuel smuggling activities…

Following calls by stakeholders in the energy sector for a stronger and coherent efforts and political will to fight a nuisance cartel in the fuel smuggling business, there seems to be a good response from industry regulators. The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has announced stringent measures the Authority had put in place to curb fuel […]

NPA INTRODUCES NEW EXPORT GUIDELINES

In a bid to sanitize the petroleum downstream industry, the National Petroleum Authority has since August this year begun the implementation of new export guidelines to clamp down on fuel smuggling in the country. Addressing participants at the ongoing Oil Trading and Logistics Downstream Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Chief Executive Officer of NPA, Alhassan Tampuli […]

Pemex cracks down on fuel theft |…

Save to read list Published by Anna Nicklin, Editorial Assistant Hydrocarbon Engineering, Thursday, 26 October 2017 10:00 As a part of its strategies to fight fuel theft, Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) has implemented strict measures and procedures to improve the control and safety of its facilities. Under these plans, the company has decided to remove all […]

NPA to auction 15 trucks involved in…

Business News of Wednesday, 25 October 2017   NPA has confiscated 15 trucks The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Alhassan Tampuli, has told participants at the ongoing Oil Trading and Logistics Downstream Week in Lagos, Nigeria, of the stringent measures the Authority had put in place to curb fuel smuggling in […]

Mexico train robberies said increasing, and increasingly…

AP MEXICO CITY – Train robberies in central Mexico are growing more violent and attracting criminals who used to steal fuel from government pipelines. But authorities and rail lines exchanged blame Monday for the rise in robbery of merchandise from the trains. Puebla state police said they have been asking railways for months to take […]

Rainews deems Libya fuel smuggling ‘most credible’…

Italian news agency Rainews24 has published a report in which it links Daphne Caruana Galizia’s murder with the Libyan oil smuggling operations. In an article published earlier today, Rianews is saying that out of the various possible leads which could explain the motive behind Caruana Galizia’s murder, oil smuggling reports are deemed as “the most […]

€30-million fuel from Libya smuggled to petrol…

Italy’s Guardia di Finanza financial police have uncovered a €30-million fuel smuggling scheme which involves stealing low-quality diesel from a refinery operated by Libya’s National Oil Corporation and selling it at petrol stations in Sicily, France, and Spain. The smuggled fuel would then be mixed and sold at 40% cheaper than the market price at […]