Imperial Oil has shut down a pump at its Esso cardlock in the BCR Industrial Site after seeing video from a Prince George truck driver of a meter still running after he had stopped pumping fuel into his rig.
"It's hard to get the full context of what's going on there because you can't see where all the pumps are running from, but nevertheless there is something we've got to look into there, so we're going to investigate that. We've ordered the pump shut down," company spokesman Jon Harding said Tuesday.
Tom Barber, who works for Lomak Bulk Carriers Corp., said that because of the diesel shortage, the certain trucks in the company's fleet have been forced to use the cardlock for about three weeks instead of relying on Lomak's own supply.
He noticed something strange last Wednesday.
"I was doing my post-trip and I kind of caught it out of the corner of my eye," Barber said. "I thought, what the heck? Are those numbers really moving?"
He told his supervisor who called Esso and was told Barber does not know how to shut off properly. Barber didn't buy the explanation and when he returned on the Friday, he pulled out his phone and took the video.
"As soon as the lever is turned on, the meter starts clicking," Barber said, even though no fuel is being pumped. Barber took care to make sure the "satellite pump" which allows him to fill two tanks simultaneously, was not operating.
It's pump four at the Esso cardlock at 1085 Great Street.
A portion of the video is posted on The Citizen's website.
