OMAP slams substandard diesel output

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KARACHI: The Oil Marketing Association of Pakistan (OMAP) has raised serious concerns over the standard of high -speed diesel (HSD) manufactured by local refineries, which states that it is much lower than the euro standards adopted by Pakistan.

The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OGRA) has recently declared the oil marketing companies (OMC) to develop diesel and petrol from local refineries. “Although we recognize the intention of supporting domestic production, this policy has resulted in more than two decades working under government support and financial protection, despite local refineries, local refineries, which say it fails to meet a letter.”

Since January 2021, euro-VI fuel specifications require diesel, with a maximum of 10 parts per million (PPM) sulfur. However, the association said that local refineries are manufacturing diesel with sulfur levels, which is more than 10,000 ppm – which is 1,000 times higher than international standards. It added that it not only considers fuel environmentally harmful but also strictly compromise the car engine performance, reduces fuel performance and increases maintenance costs for consumers.

Omap added that despite this clear disparity in quality, low-specific diesel prices and advanced imported imported euro-V-diesel are being sold, OMAP added that this process is not only economically blasphemous but also morally unforgivable. Consumers across Pakistan are being accused of premium grade fuel, but they are supplied with products that damage their health, environment and vehicle engines. Such pricing policies, warn, violate the principles of fair competition and transparency, and violate public confidence.

OMAP has warned that high sulfur diesel pose serious risks to environmental and health, which helps with acid rain, smoke and respiratory diseases such as asthma and cancer. The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks high sulfur diesel route as a famous carcining, which endangers millions of Pakistanis.

In addition, the combination of high sulfur local diesel with imported euro-V-Diesel within the White Oil Pipeline (WOP) system is polluting clean fuel supply and eliminating the positive effects of adoption of Euro-V-fuel. The exercise not only defeats the purpose of fuel imports, but also misleads users who believe they are buying cleaner, safe fuel, Omp said.

Confirming its commitment to support the capabilities of the indigenous, the OMAP stressed that it could not confirm a policy framework that punishes OMCS and users for the shortcomings of local refineries. The association noted that the concept of duty considered in Pakistan’s refining sector (from the 1960s to 2002 to 2002) has been developed from the self -financing framework.

In 2002, the government introduced a tariff protection formula with a 10 % considered duty on high -speed diesel (HSD) to encourage refinery upgrades. The duty on HSD in 2007-08 was 7.5 % to balance refinery support with consumer spending.

The association said that despite gaining large -scale financial benefits – which is considered more than Rs 500 billion – most refiners have failed to make meaningful investments in modernizing their tasks or upgrading international fuel standards.

The OMAP strongly criticized the blasphemous process of charging premium prices for non -standard fuel and urged OGRA to implement a different pricing procedure that reflects the actual quality of fuel supply. He said that the price of high sulfur diesel should be significantly reduced by fuel according to Euro-V.

It also calls for strict quality compliance, which requires diesel for refineries, which is in line with the euro -standard adopted by Pakistan, and the prohibition of prohibiting the integrity of the product to the low -spike and high -specific fuel in the pipelines. It emphasized the need for full transparency and detection of fuel standards in supply chain to protect consumer rights.