Leak detection systems for petrol stations - ErpecNews

More documents

Recommendations

Info

NEWS 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. 4 lATEST NEWS, EvENTS, JoBS oNlINE – WWW.PETRolPlAzA.CoM 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.
INA aims to sell petrol to EU markets in 2009 Croatia’s oil and gas company INA, aims to be able to produce petrol for the European Union markets in 2009, CEo Tomislav dragicevic told delegates at INA’s recent shareholders meeting. He also said the state’s partial control of local petrol and gas prices was severely hampering INA’s business and eating into its profits. “Our goal is to complete the first phase of modernization of our two refineries and be able to produce and sell the top quality petrol on western markets in 2009, primarily in Slovenia and Austria,” Dragicevic said. INA has invested some 1 billion euro (US $1.55 billion) in modernizing its two dated refineries located in the northern Adriatic port of Rijeka and in the central town of Sisak. The plan is to fully overhaul them by 2011. INA, in which Hungary’s MOL has a 25 percent stake, had lost 1.7 billion kuna (US $362 million) in 2007 due to semi-controlled local prices of petrol and gas. “We lost around 1 billion kuna on gas imports and some 700 million kuna on oil imports. It is not possible to run a business that way in the longer run,” Dragicevic said. In an effort to counter inflationary pressures, the government capped the prices of gas and electricity for companies and households until July 1st and until this year intervened to slow the increase of petrol product prices. Despite earlier pledges to liberalize energy prices, Prime Minister Ivo Sanader said that the government would continue to seek ways to keep energy prices under control and urged INA and other suppliers to review their price policy. Analysts said INA’s 2007 net profit of some 870 million kuna did not reflect its higher sales, primarily because of administrative maneuvering over energy prices. INA is a dominant petrol retailer in Croatia with market share of some 50 percent. The state owns 44 percent and Hungary’s MOL 25 percent. The government listed 17 percent of INA in Zagreb and London and distributed 14 percent to war veterans and INA’s employees. Dragicevic said he was confident that Lukoil, Russia’s second largest oil producer which entered the Croatian market last month, would not severely threaten INA’s business. “Lukoil is a strong competitor, but we have no reason to be afraid as we have a huge advantage in locations (of our retail business),” Dragicevic said. Lukoil bought a small local retailer which owns nine In Finland, Kesko signs agreement with Teboil Kesko Foods and Teboil have signed a co-operation agreement, along with which the K-Group customers will receive ‘Plussa points’ for their purchases from 300 Teboil stations starting from next autumn The first K-markets at Teboil stations will be opened during 2008 and the K-market chain will expand to 70 Teboil stations. The Neste co-operation and this agreement, now signed with Teboil, will make the store network of K-markets the most comprehensive in Finland, according to Kesko. There are currently as many as 3.5 million K-Plussa cardholders in nearly 1.9 million households in Finland. ? Round, ???Round, square, double, and andtriple triple access lids lids ? ??Composite Compositelids lids light enough for forone oneperson person to tohandle handle ? Custom skirt lengths available. ? Tested to toexceed exceed H20 and HS20 load rating ? Exceeds the theEN124:1994 EN124:1994 (18,827 lbs) Ph: Ph: +1-800-333-3599 Fax: +1-800-765-4801 RHINO COMPOSITE & STEEL MANHOLES lATEST NEWS, EvENTS, JoBS oNlINE – WWW.PETRolPlAzA.CoM petrol stations and a storage facility. It said it planned to build around 100 new petrol stations across Croatia in coming years. INA has upstream and downstream segments and is involved in gas and oil exploration and drilling in Africa and the Middle East. Dragicevic said INA wanted to acquire up to five new concessions for gas and oil in the coming period. IPMAN Nigeria Independant Petroleum Marketeers Association (IPMAN) says that it is not appreciated. A spokesman said “We want the Federal Government to recognise us. We build the filling stations in all parts of the country. We take the products there also, right to the people. Our spread and coverage are truly national, unlike the major petroleum marketers. ISO 9001:2000 ? ??Euro Eurokey keyoption option ? Colors ??Colors available ? Non rotation steel tabs ? Available either with spring loaded or oreuro euro handle. E-mail: sales@flex-ing.com www.flex-ing.com NEWS 5
Page 1 and 2: an international retail petroleum n
Page 3: BP has announced that it is to furt
Page 7 and 8: lATEST NEWS, EvENTS, JoBS oNlINE -
Page 9 and 10: Israel oil company considers buildi
Page 11 and 12: ALTERNATIVEFUEL NEws New alliance w
Page 13 and 14: a rompetrol site in Bucharest with
Page 15 and 16: - Head of Retail, Duane Runciman -
Page 18 and 19: THE BIG INTERvIEW ‘ The Big Inter
Page 20 and 21: oNE To oNE 20 Maximise your C-store
Page 22 and 23: ERPEC UPdATE + + + TECHNOLOGY UPDAT

Leak detection systems for petrol stations - ErpecNews

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?