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Contaminated fuel - keep your receipts

Published Aug 20, 2016

CONSUMER group CHOICE is reminding consumers to always ask for a receipt when purchasing petrol following a spate of contaminated fuel incidents that have left a number of consumers tens-of-thousands of dollars out of pocket.

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Zimbabwe: Selling Contaminated Fuel Lands Firm in Court

Published Aug 17, 2016

Stadic Petroleum (Private Limited) was on Monday taken to court by the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA) for allegedly selling contaminated fuel.

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Pumps closed at Victory Fuels until state test results return

Published Aug 11, 2016

RINGGOLD, GA (WRCB) - The state will not let a local store sell gas after several cars started having problems with its fuel. Customers said their cars broke down feet away from the gas station.

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Lawsuit asserts Utah company supplied bad fuel to Amtrak passenger trains

Published Aug 06, 2016

The federal government is suing a Utah company, alleging it sold Amtrak contaminated fuel that caused train engines to break down after they left Salt Lake City, stranding passengers and costing taxpayers tens of thousands of dollars.

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Feds blame bad fuel from Utah company for Amtrak breakdowns

Published Aug 06, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah oil company is to blame for an Amtrak train breakdown in 2011 that cost thousands in tax dollars, according to a federal complaint.

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Motorists warned to be vigilant after contaminated fuel leaves drivers to foot repair bills

Published Aug 05, 2016

Consumer advocacy group Choice has found evidence of petrol stations unknowingly selling tainted fuel, leaving angry motorists to cover thousands of dollars in repair costs.

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Tanzania: Revisiting Fuel Adulteration and Role of Ewura

Published Jul 19, 2016

Many may remember the impact of petroleum adulteration, common in Kiswahili as 'kuchakachua'. In 2000's stories of adulteration of petroleum products,

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Motorist accuses garage of selling diluted fuel

Published Jul 15, 2016

A Wigan motorist has accused a garage of selling fuel heavily diluted with water after his car broke down just minutes after filling up.

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Uganda: UNBS Cars Damaged By Fake Fuel

Published Jul 14, 2016

The standards body has lost millions in endless repairs of its vehicles as a result of adulterated fuel

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An Ounce of (Water) Prevention

Published Jun 30, 2016

The microbes that infiltrate and degrade fuel supplies are typically either bacteria or fungus. Numerous species of bacteria have been found to degrade fuel

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