Caltex Marks Its Fuels To Curb Smuggling, Ensure Consistent Quality

Chevron Philippines, Inc., marketer of the Caltex ready of fuels but walked the verbalise past times beingness the outset of the Top iii fuel brands to grade its fuel upon arrival at its import concluding inward San Pascual, Batangas.

While other fuel brands complain close fuel smuggling, but determine to produce null close it, Caltex decided to genuinely produce something close fuel smuggling past times “marking” its fuel. This is done past times placing a molecular marking inward its fuels, a compliance with the Philippine government’s requirements.

The fuel marking activeness was witnessed past times officials from the Bureau of Customs (BOC) together with representatives from the fuel marking consortium, SICPA SA –SGS Philippines, together with Chevron Philippines.

“Chevron Philippines supports the government’s maiden to curb fuel smuggling through this fuel marking program. We promise that this programme volition grade the playing acre alongside the manufacture participants together with ensure that all crude companies pay the right taxes together with assist ready the nation,” CPI Country Chairman Louie Zhang said.

Following the recent completion of the implementing rules together with regulations for the FMP, gasoline, diesel fuel together with kerosene shall endure tested for compliance with the prescribed dilution level, whether at the refinery, terminal, or retail sites.