In the latest ‘Saga’ facing Exxonmobil Refinery in Singapore: more than 1,000 barrels of diesel had just vanished into thin air. The incident happened at the Pulau Ayer Chawan (PAC) Refinery when checks after loading onto on an oil tanker revealed a major discrepancy. While discrepancies are a usual occurrence in the Refinery due to measurement accuracy, the variance seen in this particular instance is too huge to ignore. This writer believes that ‘men in places’ choreographing this have gotten complacent amidst the high oil prices of today. Estimated at more than US$150,000, the whole thing was swept under the carpet like nothing had happened. Rechecks on the variance was as rigorous as trying to brush my hair in the morning. It is all just a show to the rest of us who secretly knows, what is going on but are too scared to speak out, fearing backlash and revenge.
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Similar fuel theft was happening in Nigeria. Corruption went quite high and makes the theft you are talking about look like child’s play.