The director of the National Petroleum Products Distribution Company in Tehran said: The average daily consumption of gasoline in Tehran is 22 million liters.

Iranian urea export prices for January loading have increased to $307 per ton on a FOB basis, compared to $303-$304.5 per ton previously.

The second Trump administration is seeking to impose sanctions on 35 companies and ships to increase pressure on Iran, but experts believe that market conditions and the lack of support from China and Arab countries will prevent this from happening.

An energy expert said: "The energy imbalance in the country is increasing every year, such that gasoline consumption has increased by 50 percent in five years, and a similar situation exists in other energy carriers. It seems that in these circumstances, an energy ministry should be established."

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency pointed out the role of substandard gasoline in air pollution and said: "Some of the gasoline consumed by mobile sources, including cars, does not comply with the national standards approved by the National Standards Organization."

It might not be wrong to claim that the 1990s were one of the most corrupt decades in Iran's oil history. The decade in which the massive Petrochemicalgate corruption scandal was revealed was close to the same years in which the issue of missing oil rigs became a subject of black satire.

Referring to the gas outages of some petrochemical companies, the Secretary General of the National Petrochemical Industries Employers Association said: "Unfortunately, this issue has put pressure on production and we predict that our exports will decrease by at least $1 to $1.3 billion compared to last year." Recently, the CEO of the National Petrochemical Company announced that the Central Bank has allowed 50 percent of the foreign exchange earned from the export of petrochemical products to be invested in the petrochemical companies themselves.

Fatemeh Mohajerani, a spokeswoman for the 14th government, emphasized: "The gasoline imbalance is a serious issue that has two solutions: importing gasoline and managing consumption."

Chevron's CEO announced that Washington's current sanctions against Tehran have only changed the export route of Iranian oil shipments.

Importance of GECF meeting in Tehran; Gas market awaits exporters' decision. Considering the estimated increase in gas demand in the short and medium term, especially in Europe, the Gas Exporters' Forum meeting was held in Tehran with a focus on increasing production and is expected to have an impact on the gas production and trade process.