Fuel marking and monitoring have curbed adulteration
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 0:01
By PAVEL OIMEKE |
The government through EPRA introduced additional measures including crackdowns on illegal fuel sites.
These malpractices are mainly carried out to take advantage of the price differential between domestic kerosene and petrol and diesel, particularly before the introduction of the anti-adulteration levy, and the zero-rated export bound petroleum fuels by selling the same as taxed local product.
To ensure that fuel adulteration is completely eradicated, the government through EPRA introduced additional measures including crackdowns on illegal fuel sites which are suspected to be undertaking adulteration and dumping of export products in the local market.
In Early April, EPRA shut down seven petrol stations after they were found to have violated their licenses – selling diesel that had the chemical marker used on export fuel – offering diesel meant for export.
EPRA has now embarked on a strict licensing regime of the whole fuel supply chain which includes the licensing of petroleum truck drivers and retail filling stations in order to combat this residual non-compliance.
