The Rivers State Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources has explained reason for the persistent fuel scarcity across the state despite an earlier announcement by the ministry that a petrol laden vessel arrived at the Port Harcourt depot last week Thursday.
Daily Report Ng had earlier reported that Rivers Govt Confirms Arrival of Petrol Vessel in Port Harcourt
But despite the announcement, the fuel scarcity has persisted across the state.
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Explaining reasons for the continued scarcity, the Commissioner for Energy and Natural Resources Doctor Peter Medee said the delay was because of an “integrity test that was to be conducted” in the pipelines to determine that the new product is not bad fuel.
He said “mind you there has not been fuel for a long time, so they have to conduct an integrity test on the lines to check that there are no leakages.
“So that integrity test took some time and by the weekend they succeeded in discharging.
“As they have completed discharge, what they are doing now is to sample the product to the lab to test and to ensure that what was brought in is not bad fuel.
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“Once the result comes back and the fuel is ok, loading will start”.
