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Inquiry in to petrol quality complaints
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By Gandhya Senanayake
The Petroleum Ministry yesterday said around 100 to 150 complaints were received regarding engine performance being affected after pumping petrol from several outstation Ceypetco petrol stations.
Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum Industries Titus Jayawardena told Daily Mirror online that the Ministry had already launched an inquiry into the complaints and that in no way does the government import substandard fuel.
After initial reports were received regarding engine performance being affected in motorcycles and trishaws after pumping petrol from the said Ceypetco petrol outlets, samples were collected and tested in the labs, Jayawardena said
Fifteen samples were collected and tested, thirteen out of them were 100 % in compliance with the Ceypetco quality compliance while two from Kuliyapitiya and Seruwila had slight differences, Jayawardena added.
There are more than 2.1 million motorcycles in the country and 539,000 trishaws in operation islandwide, in total around 2.6 million and the reported 100-150 vehicles affected by engine performance are minute and could have occurred for different reason as well.
Mr. Jayawardena added that some elements had blown the issue out of proposition to defame the government and Ceypetco as some had loss business due to the lack of middlemen in importing the fuel consignments, which was a direct deal between the Emirates State oil Company and the government.
Furthermore, he added the slight difference in petrol quality would have occurred due to fuel being pumped from the tanks after it reached what is known as “dead stock” where water and other impurities also exist. (Daily Mirror online)
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