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Morrisons customers claim petrol contamination caused several cars to break down causing thousands of pounds worth of damage

Published Sep 23, 2016

MORRISONS customers claim contaminated petrol caused their cars to break down just a mile from the supermarket – leaving one couple with a repair bill of almost £5,000.

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Ethanol converting into water in fuel tanks, oil cos blamed

Published Sep 17, 2016

Nagpur: If you have been finding presence of water in your fuel tank, then it is likely that the 10% of ethanol in petrol got converted into water.

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Trafigura, Vitol and BP exporting dirty diesel to Africa, says Swiss NGO

Published Sep 16, 2016

Major European oil companies and commodity traders are exploiting weak fuel standards in African countries to export highly polluting fuels that they could never sell at the pumps in Europe, according to a new report.

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Wrong fuels dispensed at Snellville station

Published Sep 10, 2016

It was an error which may be causing problems for unsuspecting motorists. The Atlanta based RaceTrac Corporation told FOX 5 New gasoline was mistakenly placed into the diesel tank at a Snellville station on Scenic Highway.

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3 held for selling water-mixed fuel

Published Aug 29, 2016

PALANPUR: The Deesa (rural) police on Sunday arrested three persons who were allegedly involved in selling adulterated petrol and diesel in Vithodar village, some 22 km from Deesa.

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Pump allegedly mixed water in fuel

Published Aug 29, 2016

Palanpur: The food and civil supplies sleuths sealed the Dharti Dhan petrol pump at Vithodar village, 22km from Deesa, for allegedly mixing water in petrol and diesel, on Saturday.

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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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