State- owned Guyana Oil Company (GuyOil) stations in Berbice have run out of gasoline, dieselene and kerosene. The situation has been this way since the week began. Only the GuyOil facility at Palmyra,Deportivas Asics Hombre Baratas, Canje has supplies.The situation is fueling outcries from other GuyOil gas station owners in the area. The Palmyra station, commissioned last year, is a mega –gas station and the major GuyOil facility. Kaieteur News was informed that the boat that was supposed to have brought in fresh supplies of fuel at the GuyOil Terminal at Heathburn, East Bank Berbice has experienced mechanical failures and thus, supplies have run short and run out at all stations.Shell gas stations have not been affected but hire car operators and other users of fuel have depended on cheaper gas from GuyOil and have been flocking the station at Palmyra while some have resorted to purchasing fuel at a higher cost from the various Shell stations across Berbice.“GuyOil should never run out of fuel—they should treat us just the way they treat the Palmyra Station…” said one angry gas station owner.The owner stated, too, that Guyoil cannot purchase fuel from Shell to retail since “our pumps are set by GuyOil.”The owner added that Canje Creek residents and those venturing up the Berbice River are suffering. “They do not have fuel.” One barrel of fuel to go into the Berbice River costs $44,000 while it is quite expensive at $53,000 at Shell.At present, Shell is retailing gas at approximately $245 per litre while GuyOil Palmyra retails at $216.Efforts to contact the GuyOil Terminal at Heathburn proved futile.
