Management Concerns Regarding Storage and Sale of Petroleum Products by “gaddafi” in Kinshasa/DRC

This study focuses on the handling of petroleum products (petrol and gasoline) by traders commonly called “Gaddafi”: storage and sale in Kinshasa. Despite the fact that the country officially has many ways of petroleum products supply and a distribution system, there are parallel supply and distribution. The handling of the parallel system represents a concern for the population and the environment, and even the engines using the products. Cases of ignition and fire due to mismanagement of petroleum products have been observed in the DRC. Many suburbs of Kinshasa, where petroleum products are stored, are characterized by houses built without standard and the lack of security infrastructure for flames; the study has led to finding that the business of the so-called “Gaddafi” is carried out without typical regulation and carelessly.