Ireland: BP Identify Source of Contaminated Fuel
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Thursday, 28 January 2010 |
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The BP service station network received delivery of fuel contaminated with water from a fuel terminal in Belfast.
While BP no longer has a service station network in the South of
Ireland since the 1990’s, the BP service station network in the North
of Ireland continues to prosper and develop.. BP confirmed it was
investigating how the contamination in the tainted ultra low sulphur
petrol happened.
The firm said that some of the petrol had already been taken by tanker
to various service stations before the discovery. Sales of the petrol
were stopped as soon as it realised there was a problem. "The moment
this was reported, the tank where the product came from was isolated
and deliveries stopped," he said. "There are no issues with product
being delivered now. We are investigating the cause. A very small
number of petrol stations have reported high water levels in their
tanks. In all but one case, the water settled at the bottom of the tank
and was drained." Deliveries have returned to normal.
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