Rubis Gas Station (RGS) and storage facility has upgraded its inventory at Ramsburg, Providence, East Bank Demerara with the installation of five new storage tanks which could hold the equivalent of 30,000 barrels of diesel and 240,000 gallons of liquefied petroleum gas.
RGS Chief Executive Officer Mauricio Nicholls said the company has effectively doubled its storage capacity by installing the 30,000 barrels diesel and the four 60,000 gallons LPG tanks.
Enumerating some of the problems encountered by RGS, Nicholls pointed to unreliable suppliers, and the problems encountered in getting fuel across the Demerara Harbour Bridge.
He said while the obvious step to take would be to