Given the sensitive timing and the approaching restructuring of the Syrian Petroleum Company, which includes dissolving the Mahrukat Company and transferring its responsibilities to the Ministry of Energy and the Syrian Petroleum Company, informed sources have observed a significant increase in the misappropriation of public funds over the past ten days.
According to the information, groups responsible for transporting petroleum products are actively using trucks equipped with hidden tanks. Large quantities of fuel oil, gasoline, and diesel are loaded from depots without being recorded in official accounts. The losses are justified as temperature-related damage, with the official quantity remaining at its designated location while the excess is stored in the hidden tank.
It is worth noting that these violations coincide with lax and weak administrative and technical oversight by the Mahrukat Company management, and the continued reliance on rudimentary loading methods that create ample opportunities for abuse.
All of this is happening just before the transfer of fuel stations, depots, and transportation and distribution operations to the Syrian Petroleum Company, at a time when licensing and legal affairs files are being transferred to the Ministry of Energy under the name "Energy Services Administration."
These facts raise legitimate questions:
- Which regulatory body is currently active?
- Who will hold those involved accountable?
- And why are these practices intensifying specifically at this time?
Zaman Al Wasl
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