Prime Minister agrees to import gasoline octane 95 in accordance with the Euro-S at 50 SP to consumer

Prime Minister approved on the recommendation of the Economic Commission to import gasoline octane 95 and in accordance with the EU standards at 50 Syrian pounds to the consumer.

specifications and standards Body to issue a standard of Syria and in accordance with the specification of the European Euro-s comes at the request of the Ministry of Oil, which in turn had received several requests from car owners modern processors, which recommends using a high octane gasoline.

According to sources of oil ministry, the ministry will begin the distribution of material across two of the stations of fuel, first in Damascus and the second in Aleppo in principle to be circular then all the stations and through the stations of fuel, which owns more than 20 stations in the Syrian governorates out of 1300 stations of which 40 Station of the General Union of Peasants and the rest of the private sector and some public entities.

According to the same sources, the price of gasoline will be 50 SP that its price in the neighborhood of 122 pounds in Turkey and 51 pounds in Lebanon and 45.5 pounds in Jordan.

With regard to Syria demand of petrol it has reached to 2.35 million cubic meters in 2010 is equivalent to 1.77 million tons produced, including refineries, the Syrian, 550 thousand cubic meters in the HRC and accounting for 23.4% of the requirement of total and half million cubic meters produced by the Banias refinery and by 50% of consumption and the rest is secured through imports, estimated rate of 28%.