The Lagos State Task-Force on Environment says it has arrested 43 persons for alleged adulteration and seized tankers suspected to contain 2.5 million litres of adulterated diesel at Alausa, Ikeja. The chairman of the task force, SP Olayinka Egbeyemi, confirmed the arrest to journalists on Sunday. “Adulterated diesel of about 2.5 million litres was fully loaded inside gallons and six […]
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The Lagos State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested a driver, Adebiyi Yusuf, for allegedly engaging in illegal oil bunkering and adulteration of diesel. Thirty-two-year old Yusuf was apprehended along with one Paul Ifeakandu on Saturday on the premises of a complex on Jimoh Odutola Street, Surulere, Lagos, where they were reportedly selling the product. […]
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The Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Jubilee, Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, have seized three wooden Cotonou boats with 47,000 litres of product suspected to be illegally refined Automative Gas Oil. The commander of the ship, Commodore Saidu Garba, who said this in Ikot Abasi on Saturday, praised the Nigerian Navy for achieving the results.
Continue reading »As the scarcity of kerosene continues to hit many households in the country, some fuel marketers are mixing the product with black oil to get Automotive Gas Oil, popularly known as diesel, our correspondent has learnt. Sources said the rise in the price of diesel was responsible for the development, which, according to them, has been on for some time […]
Continue reading »The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has raised the alarm over adulteration of diesel in the market and vowed to clamp down on the perpetrators of the act. Speaking recently in Lagos when officials of the regulatory agency uncovered two illegal engine oil manufacturing factories in Ikugbayi Street, Marine Bridge and Raji Rasak Estate in FESTAC Town area in the […]
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The Root Cause The World Bank Report of 2000 and several other reports have shown that kerosene is principally used to adulterate diesel on account of the price differences between the two fuels. Facts on ground at least in Nigeria tend to give some credence to this. As stated in one of our articles, diesel market is a completely deregulated […]
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Prologue: An Unpleasant Experience A couple of months ago, a notable haulage operator shared a sad experience on diesel fuel contamination with us. Mid 2012, six units of less than a year old 30tonnes truck-trailer were dispatched to haul products for a contract client. Trucks were loaded and fueled at client’s fuel dump. Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) was […]
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