Oil Minister: We will balance the production and consumption of gasoline with non-price solutions

According to Energy Press report, this morning (Thursday, August 22), Mohsen Paknejad stated on his first day of work about the short-term plan of the Ministry of Oil to solve the challenge of energy imbalance, including the management of gas consumption: I have detailed operational solutions to solve this challenge under the headings I have presented the program to the representatives of the Islamic Council and the specialized commission, of course, this does not mean that it is possible to completely resolve the disharmony in the short term, but it is possible to moderate the disharmony to some extent.
Referring to the valuable action of the 13th government in the field of energy diplomacy to import gas from Turkmenistan in the form of a gas swap, he added: Since a part of this gas is consumed internally, it also helps to resolve the gas imbalance.
Regarding the plans of the Ministry of Oil of the 14th government to solve the gasoline shortage, the oil minister said: “Currently, price solutions are never considered to solve the gasoline shortage.”
Paknejad continued: Non-price solutions to solve the gasoline shortage also go beyond the Ministry of Oil, that is, in cooperation with other organizations and ministries. Solutions such as the use of low-consumption cars or electric cars and such things will be on the agenda so that without increasing the price of gasoline, it will be possible to balance the balance of production and consumption.
He said about the attraction of capital in the oil industry: the model of the financial relationship between the government and the National Iranian Oil Company, which has been defined for years, needs to be revised. The current 14.5% mechanism is such that it can barely cover the current part of the oil industry.