Shell’s downstream oil refining and marketing unit Pilipinas Shell Petroleum (PSPC) is reportedly aiming to completely automate fuel marking at its Tabangao refinery in Batangas, Philippines.

The firm plans to fully automate fuel marking by the end of the first quarter of this year and ensure safety in the implementation of the fuel marking scheme, reported The Philippine Star.

Last month, PSPC began the fuel marking process at the Tabangao refinery, thereby making it the first site to meet the standards of the government’s fuel marking programme.

This programme intends to prevent oil smuggling and establishes a system for refined gasoline, diesel and kerosene to ensure the correct taxes are paid.

Furthermore, it will help to monitor all locally refined fuel products to ensure correct payment of corresponding excise duties and other value-added tax.

In November last year, PSPC conducted fuel marking operations at its Northern Mindanao Import Facility (NMIF) in Cagayan de Oro City in northern Mindanao. NMIF is also the first terminal to perform fuel marking in Mindanao.

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PSPC external and government relations vice-president Serge Bernal said: “We have a responsibility to ensure that the interests of all of our customers and stakeholders are safeguarded.

“Our goal is to improve the safety of the process through automation. We’re aiming to fully automate the system at our refinery by end-March 2020.”

The fuel marking operation also enables consumers to be assured that the fuel products they purchase at different sites in the country have received authorisation from relevant regulatory bodies.