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Pemex oozes Mexican
corruption
Funds belonging to the Mexican state
oil monopoly, Pemex, have paid in recent
years for liposuction treatment for
the wife of the company’s chief executive,
a presidential candidate’s campaign,
contracts with firms facing legal
action and the whims of trade union
leaders who are not required to account
for their expenses
“Pemex is a can of worms. If you do something
right, they come after you. If you shut
up about some irregularity, they reward
you and if you take part in the corruption,
you profit,” a Pemex worker expressed. “I’m
not saying everything is like that – there
are also honest people,“ added the worker,
whose name is withheld for his safety. The
employee said that after he replaced several
worn-out parts of a gas valve, a group of
internal auditors criticised his work, saying
they had found “too many foreign parts”
and ordered him to put the originals back
in place. He said that when his boss protested,
he was accused of a bias in favour
of a private supplier and an investigation
against him was launched.
Employees hand back
fleet cars in the UK
Crippling tax liabilities on employees
with company cars is now so severe
that many are handing them back and
buying their own
The switch means that the supply of one or
two-year-old company cars into the secondhand
market is drying up and families who
depend upon them as second-hand bargains
are being priced out of the market. These
include family models such as the Ford
Mondeo, Vauxhall Vectra and versatile
hatchbacks like Peugeot 308 SW. The tax
liability on the privilege of having not only
a company car but also the fuel it uses,
means that many employees now consider
themselves to be worse off than if they just
bought their own.
Rural filling stations
for Mozambique
The Mozambican government is planning
to invest about three million US dollars in a
project to build filling stations in rural areas,
powered by solar panels
PdAM in Malaysia wants government to freeze
all approvals for new petrol stations
The Petrol dealers Association of Malaysia has said that the government should
immediately stop issuing approvals to oil companies for new petrol stations
This demand of the Petrol Dealers Association
of Malaysia (PDAM) follows efforts to
reduce fuel subsidy and curb profiteering.
In a statement, the association said: “Now
oil companies are giving all sort of incentives
to the consumers to encourage them
to buy more fuel. This encourages wastages
and unimportant fuel purchases. The end
JET – European Commission phase 2 review
The European Commission has announced that it has opened a detailed Phase
2 review of the proposed StatoilHydro acquisition of ConocoPhillips’ JET businesses
in denmark, Norway and Sweden
StatoilHydro and ConocoPhillips have been
cooperating with the Commission before
notification and during the preliminary Phase
1 investigation. Both parties look forward to
continuing to work with the Commission,
to resolve any competition concerns and to
close this transaction as soon as is possible. A
detailed review normally lasts up to 90 working
days. “Whilst we of course would have
wanted a faster process, when it comes to this
type of business transaction, it is not unusual
that it goes into a Phase 2 process. We will
Azerbaijan considers
setting up a filling station
network in Ukraine
A workgroup is preparing a report on
mutual investments of Azerbaijan and
Ukraine in the energy sector
President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, said at
the energy forum in Ukraine that Azerbaijan
is very interested in the Ukrainian energy
sector. “Now we will discuss the implications
connected with investments in energy and if
the workgroup’s activity reports positive results,
the process will be started immediately.” Aliyev
said. Azerbaijan started the project of an International
network of filling stations, under the
SOCAR brand, by Socar Energy, in Georgia,
with a network of six filling stations.
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effect is that the oil companies fuel sales
volume goes up and the government pays a
higher fuel subsidy.” The association has also
asked the government to stop oil companies
from offering incentives to consumers to
buy fuel. Limiting the operating hours of
fuel stations will also lower fuel subsidies,
the association added.
continue to work toward our vision to become
the leading transportation fuel company in
Scandinavia,” said Senior VP Jacob Schram
in energy and retail Europe.
About StatoilHydro
Statoil E&R Europe has operations in Norway,
Denmark, Sweden, Poland, the Baltic States
and the Murmansk region. More than one
million customers visit Statoil’s 2100 outlets
and truck stops daily. The organisation has
9300 full-time employees.
Name, shame and
claim campaign for
crimes in the UK
Witnesses who report crimes committed
on filling station forecourts are to
be offered rewards
All 54 filling stations across the Bradford district
of the UK support the campaign and will be
displaying the Name, Shame and Claim posters,
urging people to report those responsible for
forecourt crime, including robbery, theft and assault.
The British Oil Security Syndicate (BOSS),
whose members include Esso, BP, Shell, Texaco
and Total, has just published a report showing
a 13 per cent increase in national overall losses
during 2007, with the problem of forecourt crime
expected to grow throughout 2008.