The director of the National Petroleum Products Distribution Company in Tehran said: The average daily consumption of gasoline in Tehran is 22 million liters.
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."
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 CEO of the National Iranian Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company announced an increase in production of 8 million liters of gasoline and 7 million liters of oil and gas during the 14th government.
Mohsen Zanganeh, deputy chairman of the 1404 budget bill consolidation committee, said: "The import of gasoline into the country has not been banned according to the approvals of the consolidation committee."
The most important challenges of energy imbalance, centered on "gasoline", were examined in a meeting of economic experts, and emphasis was placed on governance reform and infrastructure development and modernization.
The Tehran Refinery gasoline production project is underway with 88% progress and will be put into operation in 1404.
The country's officials continue to blame the gasoline deficit crisis on the people and consider high consumption to be the cause of this crisis. But this is despite the fact that Iranian car manufacturers are the main culprits of the gasoline imbalance crisis with the annual production of 1.5 million high-consumption and gasoline-guzzling cars, and so far no government has been able to deal with them.
The spokesman of the stationers' union emphasized that there is no problem in the supply and distribution of gasoline and the work of the fuel stations is being carried out as usual.