Une correspondance du ministère des Hydrocarbons announced that the implementation of drastic measures in the oil sector in the Democratic Republic of Congo for its sanitation was announced by the minister.

La Correspondence from the Ministry of Hydrocarbons mentioned that “in the context of cleaning up the downstream oil sector in the DRC in general and in In particular, the Western Zone (pilot phase), the Minister of Hydrocarbons, Didier Bubimbu Ntubuanga, is taking ten first urgent measures as of 1 June 2023 through correspondence addressed to the Presidency of the Republic, the various ministries, the Congolese police, the Federation of Congo Enterprises (FEC) and oil companies

Indeed, the formal prohibition, without exception, of loading, removing, transferring and transporting petroleum products in drums and cans (in bulk or placed in a container) from one province to another was noted. The formal prohibition of the hitching/transporting of empty cans and drums on the roof, in the trunks or the rear trunk of vehicles intended for the transport of persons and goods other than fuel, throughout the national territory in general, and in particular in the western zone, where there are increasingly cases of cars leaving Kinshasa with thousands of empty cans and drums to get supplies in the province of Congo- Fuel station from Angola. etc.