3 July 2011 12:14 pm Views - 6805
The general public can now lodge complaints to the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) if their vehicles stalled on the road or ran into sudden engine failures, Petroleum Minister Susil Premajantha today requested the general public.
Public were asked to call 0115664941, 0115666328, 0115665082 to lodge their complaints.
Meanwhile the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (Ceypetco) said that the reports of vehicles stalling could not be attributed to the quality of petrol imported by Ceypetco.
CPC said in a statement that the cargo of petrol imported on June 16 had been distributed among 1000 filling Stations across the country and the complaints were originated from a very few filling stations and therefore couldn’t be due to the quality of petrol.
The statement said the cargo of petrol was tested for quality which had met all basic parameters of quality as ascertained by independent cargo inspectors appointed at both load port and discharge port.
There are 2.1 Million Motorcycles, 539000 Three Wheelers and 410000 Motor cars in this country. “The complaints received by Ceypetco are very insignificant compared to the vehicle population and they were mainly from Motorcycles & Three Wheelers,” the statement said .
The statement added that due to lowering of activity of the catalyst, the petrol production had been reduced drastically and finally the refinery had to shutdown for two weeks to carry out recharging of the catalyst.
This, the CPC said resulted a sudden shortage of petrol and Ceypetco floated tenders as per procedure to secure a cargo for immediate delivery but there were no offer to supply during the expected time frame and hence the special standing Cabinet Appointed Procurement Committee (SSCAPC) instructed to explore the possibility of obtaining a cargo for immediate delivery.
M/s Emirates National Oil Company (ENOC) offered a cargo for immediate lifting and SSCAPC approved the arrangements made to import this cargo volume at the earliest to avoid product shortage, it said.