Mr Goddey Agusa, the Head of Public Affairs Unit, warri zonal Office of Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) disclosed that it has sealed about 100 erring petrol stations in the last five weeks in Delta for various offences. He said the petrol stations were sealed for offences bordering on hoarding, diversion, over-pricing as well as under-dispensing.
“The common practice among the oil marketers today is the issue of under-dispensing and DPR is equal to the task.
“Most of the marketers pretend to comply with the Federal Government directive on pump price of N86.50 per litre, but they under-dispense.
“About 80 out of the 100 petrol stations sealed in the last one month in the state were involved in under-dispensing to the public.
“We go out on surveillance with our measuring gauge and once we discover that you under-dispense, we don’t have options than to dispense your fuel to the public free of charge. However, if the practice continues, we may decide to revoke their operational licence,’’ he said.
He stated that regulatory agency would continue to monitor activities of petroleum marketers until they fully complied with the distribution and sales of petroleum products.
