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The Energy Regulation Board (ERB) has fined SGC Investment Limited,Engen Petroleum Zambia Limited and Kobil Zambia Limited for breach of license conditions.
The ERB has also severely warned Ravasia Petroleum Limited,Lake Petroleum Limited and Oasis Oil Zambia Limited for not having safety and health systems at their filling stations.
ERB public relations Manager Kwali Mfuni says SGC was penalized for off-loading fuel at its broadway filling station in Ndola using a foreign tanker contrary to Quality Control and Monitoring Guidelines which stipulate that imported products should be offloaded at a bulk depot and be certified before delivery to a filling station.
She says SGC went on to deny an ERB inspector access to documents for the said consignment contrary to the ERB Act and retail of petroleum products license conditions, and consequently the company was fined K48,000.
Ms Mfuni says Engene was fined K24,000 for failing to report fuel contamination at its Cross Roads filling station in Lusaka within the stipulated 24-hour period during which 10 vehicles were sold contaminated fuel.
Ms Mfuni states that Kobil was penalized and fined K16,800 for failing to provide ancillary services such as water, clean sanitation, functioning air compressors and fire extinguishers at some its sites.