The country's daily gasoline consumption is approximately 140 million liters. Therefore, we must import the shortfall, and naturally, we need to be able to secure the necessary resources for it.
On the first day of the 12-day war, gasoline sales reached 197 million liters per day.
There is one CNG station for every 1,600 vehicles in the country.
The jump in Tehran's daily gasoline consumption to 26 to 27 million liters, along with a significant drop in the capacity of the capital's warehouses, reliance on direct transportation of fuel from refineries to stations, and a reduction in the capacity of the fuel distribution network's logistics infrastructure, has temporarily interrupted the distribution process at some stations.
Tavusi announced: "Since the establishment of the 14th government, 27 petrochemical projects with licenses or feed allocations have been prioritized based on physical progress, of which 7 projects have been included in the priority projects portfolio."
Using a personal fuel card, using CNG in dual-fuel vehicles, and avoiding single-passenger vehicles are among the most important solutions for managing gasoline consumption and reducing queues.
Confirming the news of the use of methanol in the gasoline blend, the spokesman for the Energy Commission of the Islamic Consultative Assembly said: "The amount of methanol used in the gasoline blend is currently about half a percent, which does not cause any problems for vehicles."
The Speaker of the Islamic Consultative Assembly said: "If in the past reducing gasoline consumption was an economic necessity, today it is an inevitable issue, and we cannot postpone making a decision on it with general and seemingly attractive words and non-executive plans."
The deputy head of the Parliamentary Research Center, rejecting the claim of a daily deficit of 15 to 20 million liters of gasoline, considered the government's three scenarios for managing consumption to have numerous flaws and said: "Leaving the determination of gasoline prices to the market is part of the irresponsibility inherent in this plan."
With the launch of the CCR (gasoline production) unit of the Tehran Refinery, with 80% progress, 22% of the refinery's gasoline capacity will be added and 1.5 million liters will be added to the country's gasoline production capacity. In addition to all the gasoline produced, the refinery will be upgraded to the Euro 5 standard.