The plan to transfer gasoline quotas from fuel cards to bank accounts is one of the latest changes in fuel distribution policies in Iran, which was proposed to increase transparency, prevent smuggling, and improve fuel consumption management. This idea has been discussed several times in recent years, and finally, a contract for the pilot implementation of this plan was signed yesterday.
A spokesman for the National Iranian Gas Company announced a 6 percent increase in the country's gas consumption in the domestic, commercial, and small industrial sectors yesterday compared to the same period last year.
Mir Salim said: "We cannot pour gasoline down people's throats for free at this price."
The CEO of the National Iranian Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company announced: Super gasoline importers will offer their gasoline through the energy exchange.
Experts, technicians, and oil workers have turned to immigration due to inadequate working conditions, salaries in the Persian Gulf countries being ten times higher than in Iran, and ineffective parliamentary policies.
The drilling of the 79th Khanqiran development well in Khorasan Razavi Province was successfully completed with the efforts of the Technical Affairs Management of the Central Iranian Oil Company.
A spokesman for the National Iranian Gas Company announced that 78 percent of the total gas delivered to the national network was consumed in the domestic, commercial, and small industrial sectors as the weather got colder, saying: "675 million cubic meters of gas were consumed in this sector yesterday."
According to the National Iranian Oil Company, the price of Iranian light oil in March 2025 for Asian customers has increased for the second consecutive month and will be offered about $4.5 above the base price (Oman/Dubai crude oil price).
The Deputy Chairman of the Industries and Mines Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly referred to the holding of the third meeting of the special headquarters for energy imbalance management and said: "In this meeting, issues such as fuel smuggling, electricity theft, and problems resulting from the lack of an energy measurement unit were examined."
A spokesperson for the National Iranian Gas Company announced the consumption of 660 million cubic meters of gas in the domestic, commercial, and small industrial sectors yesterday.
