WANCHAI, HONG KONG, March 2, 2018 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Philippines’ new fuel marking and monitoring system is expected to launch in the local downstream oil industry in the second half of 2018. The program is part of a sustained effort to combat rampant fuel smuggling and misdeclaration of petroleum products, estimated to be costing the […]
The Special Task Force claimed to have busted a gang involved in theft of petrol/diesel from oil tankers of Indian Oil Corporation in Meerut. A total of 16 gang members were nabbed and five filled tankers, six empty tankers, two drums filled with petrol, two drums and three containers filled with solvent, three containers of […]
Gangs of thieves who steal fuel from Mexico’s state-owned pipelines work with such expertise and efficiency that they can make profits of up to 250,000 pesos (US $13,400) a week, according to a public security consultant. At a workshop designed to educate people about the strategies criminals use to commit the crime, Francisco Granados told […]
TRIPOLI, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) — The Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed on Monday that arrest warrants have been issued by the Attorney General against fuel smugglers in western Libya. “NOC commends the Attorney General’s decision to issue arrest warrants against more than 144 smugglers in western Libya,” NOC said in a statement. “Smuggling cost […]
admin 1 day ago DAILY INDEPENDENT Leave a comment 6 Views 34 mins ago 37 mins ago 41 mins ago Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has reiterated its resolve to fight fuel smuggling through the creeks and land borders. The Service described perpetrators of act of smuggling as economic saboteurs and enemies of the country. Aminu […]
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has reiterated government’s resolve to deal forcefully and decisively with the issue of illegal bunkering and the smuggling of petroleum products by sea into Ghana. Government, he said, is in the process of formulating policies aimed at nipping the situation in the bud once and for all. Dr. Bawumia gave […]
Guarding petroleum pipelines against theft is going high-tech in Querétaro with the deployment of a fleet of drones designed and built by students at the state’s University of Technology. The first three pipeline surveillance drones are now aiding security and Civil Protection task forces in the Corregidora municipality, located on the Guanajuato border near Apaseo […]
In the downstream, however, aging refineries built before 1980 have been bleeding cash for years and made Mexico import increasing volumes of refined products to meet growing demand. Operational and investment troubles aside, refineries in Mexico are bleeding as drug cartels have been racketeering refinery workers to help them tap storage facilities, trucks, and pipelines […]
Lagos – There are heightened concerns over the spate of smuggling of petroleum products outside the shores of Nigeria, just as the nation continues to experience scarcity of fuel. Stakeholders are of the opinion that the porosity of Nigerian borders and insufficient coordinated response by the concerned authority are amply responsible for the frequency of illegal […]
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