Mahroukat: diesel consumption rises 15% in December compared with the same period last year

Eng. Abdullah Khattab by GM. Of Syrian Company for the storage and distribution of petroleum products (Mahroukat) said that “there is an increase in the consumption of diesel oil in Syria during December by 15% compared to the same month last year,” noting that “fuel oil consumption indicators have changed for the first time in this year, up. ”

The consumption of fuel oil arrived since the beginning to 13th of this December than to 312 million liters, up 15% compared to the same month last year, after having reached the decline rate during the last months 40% in some months.

Khattab attributed the reason for the increase in consumption to “low temperatures, and clarity of the subject of support after the issuance of executive instructions.”

The government approved in 24th November the Executive Regulations of Law No. 29 of the distribution of cash subsidies for diesel fuel, so the amount of support is distributed in two waves, the amount of each of five thousand Syrian pounds shall be payable first phase in mid-December, and the second in the first of the month of February for the year 2010.

With regard to other oil derivatives; to a speech that “the rate of increase in the consumption of gasoline compared to last year is still within expectations, as it reached 7% of consumption during the current month than to 70 million liters by 5.3 million liters a day.” With respect to the subject fuel the company provides fuel to all consumers with all sectors has reached Stocks electricity to more than 85% of a fuel.

Mahroukat announced in August that the importation of diesel fuel to Syria fell to less than half planned for the year as a result of rationalization of consumption and the conversion of some industrial facilities to work on fuel smuggling as well as reduced dramatically and the weather improved.

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