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Can fuel theft be stopped once and…

By James Osborne WASHINGTON – Almost as long as people have been drilling oil and turning it into fuel, there have been criminals ready to steal that fuel for sale on the black market. But sophisticated new techniques in chemical fuel marking are starting to make a dent in developing countries where fuel theft proliferates, […]

Successful Fuel Marking Programme an Economic Lifeline…

The current contract for the fuel marking scheme expires in a few months, but it seems highly likely that Maputo will choose to continue the programme. After two devastating cyclones and a deadly uptick in terrorist activity in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s economy was starting to recover—only for the coronavirus pandemic to […]

Streamlined Gasoline Regulations Proposed by EPA –…

The EPA is proposing a major reorganization of its Clean Air Act (CAA) Fuels and Fuels Additive regulations (40 CFR Part 80). In the proposed revisions, the Agency says it seeks to adopt a “holistic” approach that consolidates many different and overlapping regulations in Part 80 into a new Part 1090. The revisions “will better […]

Over 7 billion liters of petroleum products…

By Betheena Unite, Manila Bulletin News Marked petroleum products under the government’s anti-oil smuggling program reached more than 7.7 billion liters since September 2019 when the fuel marking program started to be implemented. The Bureau of Customs said Thursday that it had dosed with official fuel marker a total of 7,705,434,076 liters of fuel products […]

COVID-19 impact: Petroleum-Fuel Dyes Extracts Market, 2019-2025…

The research study presented in this report offers complete and intelligent analysis of the competition, segmentation, dynamics, and geographical advancement of the Global Petroleum-Fuel Dyes Market. The research study has been prepared with the use of in-depth qualitative and quantitative analyses of the global Petroleum-Fuel Dyes market. We have also provided absolute dollar opportunity and […]

BOC, heeding Duterte, adds 10 percent tax…

The Bureau of Customs (BOC) will start collecting an additional 10 percent duty on oil imports, an essential product, following President Rodrigo Duterte’s directive to raise more funds for COVID-19 response. Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo B. Guerrero issued Customs Memorandum Circular (CMC) No. 125-2020 on May 5, telling all deputy commissioners, district and port collectors […]

Fuel Marking Program Processes 6.88-B liters as…

The government has marked 6.88 billion liters of fuel products as of April 15, with 75% of the total marked in Luzon, the Department of Finance (DoF) said. In a document sent to reporters on Wednesday, the DoF said the marking took place between September and April 15, with 20% marked in Mindanao and 5% […]

Global Petroleum And Fuel Dyes And Markers…

Petroleum and fuel dyes is general name for a family of aromatic substance, either organic or synthetic, which are used to add colour characteristics to Fuels and other petroleum products. These complex unsaturated substances have inherent characteristics like solubility and intense colour, and exhibits good affinity towards substrate on which it is being applied. Request […]

BOC all set to implement fuel marking…

(Eagle News) — The Philippine government has already drafted the implementing rules and regulations (IRR) for the fuel marking program which is set for implementation next year to suppress oil smuggling in the country. The Bureau of Customs, together with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), will lead the fuel marking program’s implementation. The BIR […]

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Republic of Zambia seeing significant return on…

In recent years, the government of Zambia became aware they had a problem with illegal fuel dumping and/or adulteration. In fact, Zambia’s Energy Regulation Board (ERB) estimated that these activities were depriving the government of 81 million dollars USD per year in fuel tax revenue. To determine what fuel products were being manipulated, and where […]