STATE MARKET SUPERVISION OF THE QUALITY OF MOTOR FUELS, PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

Abstract

The quality of motor fuels during consumption is a guarantee of the reliability of the operation of vehicles, the efficiency of the operation of machines, mechanisms and other equipment. Considering the toxic, carcinogenic, fire, and explosive properties, motor fuels belong to extremely dangerous substances, non-food products with an increased degree of risk for all categories of consumers, regardless of the way and method of their use. In particular, waste gases of toxic substances during internal combustion pose a danger to the environment, human life and health.

Proper control over the quality of motor fuels, making strategic management decisions for their safe circulation is the main component for the further development of the oil industry in Ukraine, ensuring the needs and satisfaction of consumers, the demand for petroleum products at the international level, in particular, the development of free trade.

The article provides standards and requirements for the quality of motor fuels, reflects the results of examinations (tests) of automobile gasoline and diesel samples conducted in 2021. Possible causes of low-quality fuel are given and measures to overcome them are proposed. 196 samples of automobile gasoline and 111 samples of diesel fuel were selected for examinations (tests). According to the results of examinations (tests), non-compliance with the requirements of the Technical Regulation was found in 24.9% of automobile gasoline samples and in 19.8% of diesel fuel samples. One of the reasons for low-quality fuel is uncontrolled use of additives (dopes) by economic entities, improper internal control of fuel during mixing, including during storage, transportation and introduction of non-food products into circulation.

It is also noted that one of the prerequisites for the creation of high-quality fuel on the market of Ukraine is the need to carry out measures to harmonize the current legislative acts, introduce changes or develop new normative documents in the field of quality and control of petroleum products, update state standards, conduct scientific research, and implementation of the requirements of the European Union into the current acts of Ukraine. In particular, an important aspect is the development of a chain of monitoring and control at various stages of the production cycle, processing (mixing), determining the expediency of using additives, dopes (dyes) to products, taking into account the physical and chemical properties of fuel, dynamic and mechanical indicators of vehicle engines.