Everything can be found in cyberspace, from Iranian crude oil exports to gasoline, diesel, fuel oil, and liquefied petroleum gas. Since there is insufficient monitoring of the purchase and sale of fuel in cyberspace and its sources of supply, it seems that traces of smuggling can be seen in online fuel sales.

Stating that we are determined to correct imbalances, the First Vice President said: "The energy consumption of government agencies must be halved."

Methanol, as a product based on natural gas feedstock, accounts for a significant share of the production and export of the country's petrochemical industry products.

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."

The Minister of Energy, stating that we are ranked first in the world in terms of energy consumption, continued: "People should support us so that we can get through this difficult winter comfortably."

The 26th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was held in Tehran at a time when many international experts believed that the meeting might not be held in person due to geopolitical events in the Middle East. However, holding this meeting in Tehran, even under these special circumstances, indicates Iran's high stability, stability, and security.