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Inquiry into GUYOIL tainted fuel commences

Nov 05, 2009 News

Management officials at the Waterloo Street, Georgetown, headquarters of Guyana Oil Company launched an internal inquiry, on Tuesday, into the contaminated fuel recently detected at two Guyana Oil Company (GUYOIL) Service Stations.
Reports reaching this newspaper are that another meeting is set for next week when the management is likely to make some decisions.
Efforts to contact the Managing Director and the Administrative Manager, who were both responsible for spearheading the inquiry, could not be reached for comment. They were reportedly both tied up in meetings or were simply out of the office.
However, this newspaper was informed that certain middle management staffers attached to the entity’s Providence Terminal were summoned to be a part of the inquiry which according to reports, was intended to determine how the contaminated fuel became available to the Service Stations.
In fact, this newspaper was told that blame is sure to be placed on a certain terminal officials who may have supervised the extraction of the tainted fuel.
Two Sundays ago several vehicles developed mechanical problems after their owners purchased fuel from the GUYOIL Providence and Sheriff Street Service Stations. It was soon revealed that water had somehow got into the fuel resulting in the motorists’ woes.
A terminal official who had requested anonymity had confirmed the complaints of the motorists which had reached this newspaper soon after they discovered their predicament.
According to the official, the contaminated fuel which originated from the Terminal was placed in a single tank at either of the service stations. It was outlined that it was only those customers who received fuel from those tanks saw their vehicles being affected.
The customers were also appropriately compensated, the official said, a disclosure that has not been disputed by any of the affected persons.
And since the contamination of the fuel is being premised on the notion that fuel had been extracted from depleted bulk fuel tanks at the Terminal, this newspaper was told that much blame is likely to be directed at a certain Terminal Supervisor.
However, it was revealed to this newspaper that no one, not even the Terminal Superintendent, has authority to order the extraction of fuel from depleted tanks.
According to reports prior to the contaminated fuel distribution, GUYOIL was without consumable gasoline and dieseline for almost one week.
Moreover, the Oil Company was forced to procure fuel from both the Sol Guyana Inc. and Texaco Bulk Terminals, located at Rome and at Providence respectively.
However, in order to fuel its own GUYOIL Service Stations this newspaper was told that instructions may have passed from the GUYOIL management to extract fuel from the depleted tanks, a source told this newspaper.
The source had also disclosed that due to the depleted levels of the tanks the water concentration in the tanks would have been significant thus resulting in the tainted fuel being made available to the service stations and by extension the customers.

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