Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) said that it has completed an extensive nationwide fuel quality surveillance operation across its retail network to monitor ethanol-blended petrol compliance. It said that the inspection cycle concluded with zero reported instances of adulteration, contamination, or critical quality lapses.
According to operational data released by HPCL, field officers executed 2,173 unannounced surprise inspections at retail outlets between July 7 and July 13, 2026, specifically to verify localized ethanol blending metrics. These surprise checks were conducted alongside 1,385 regular field inspections scheduled throughout the network between July 3 and July 13, 2026.
The monitoring campaign also involved the company's dedicated Quality Assurance Cell, which functions as an internal anti-adulteration division. The unit carried out 93 targeted surprise inspections, while technical teams utilized mobile laboratory facilities to test 49 individual fuel samples directly on-site.
The oil giant said that it had detected no compliance lapses or supply contamination during widespread random quality checks across its domestic network.
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) said that it has completed an extensive nationwide fuel quality surveillance operation across its retail network to monitor ethanol-blended petrol compliance. It said that the inspection cycle concluded with zero reported instances of adulteration, contamination, or critical quality lapses.
According to operational data released by HPCL, field officers executed 2,173 unannounced surprise inspections at retail outlets between July 7 and July 13, 2026, specifically to verify localized ethanol blending metrics. These surprise checks were conducted alongside 1,385 regular field inspections scheduled throughout the network between July 3 and July 13, 2026.
The monitoring campaign also involved the company's dedicated Quality Assurance Cell, which functions as an internal anti-adulteration division. The unit carried out 93 targeted surprise inspections, while technical teams utilized mobile laboratory facilities to test 49 individual fuel samples directly on-site.
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