Ghana: Shell Shuts Down Atimpoku Station Over Fuel Mixed With Water

The Shell filling station at Atimpoku in the Asuogyaman District in the Eastern Region of Ghana has been shutdown, energynewsafrica.com can report.

This follows a video shared by a customer of the station on social media where he is heard saying that he filled his car tank with fuel from the station and tried to turn on the engine but the ignition failed.

Curious to find out the cause of the problem, the customer brought an empty bottle and asked the attendant to fill the bottle only for them to discover that the petrol is mixed with water.

In the video, the man claimed that while he was there and wondering about the issue a lady also came to the station to lodge a complaint that her car has stopped after buying fuel from the same station few minutes ago.

Confirming the development to energynewsafrica.com, Corporate Communications Manager for Vivo Energy, Shell’s licensee, Shirley Tony Kum said the issue has come to their attention adding that the station has been shut down.

“This has come to our attention and I have been managing it since afternoon. It is a technical issue and our team will investigate the cause. In the meantime, the station has been closed down till the problem is resolved,” she explained.

According to her, alternative arrangements had been made for some affected customers to arrive at their destinations safely.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com