Baku, Azerbaijan, Dec. 17
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Iran's total liquid fuel consumption hit 1.17 billion liters in the week to December 12.
Some 751.7 million liters of diesel oil and 418.3 million liters of mazut were consumed in the country in the mentioned week, Iran's Shana News Agency reported on Dec. 16.
December 8 with 132 million liters, and December 12 with 73.7 million liters respectively recorded the highest and lowest rate of diesel oil consumption in the mentioned week.
December 9 with 76.7 million liters, and December 8 with 50.3 million liters respectively recorded the highest and lowest rate of mazut consumption in the mentioned week.
Meanwhile, gasoline consumption in Tehran hit 98.6 million liters in the mentioned week, a one million liter drop compared to the previous week.
December 11 with 15.1 million liters, and December 12 with 13.4 million liters respectively recorded the highest and lowest rate of gasoline consumption in the mentioned week.
In the first six months of current year averagely some 53.8 million liters of liquid fuel were consumed at Iranian power plants. Mazut accounted for 28 million liters of the mentioned figure.
Meanwhile, the oil ministry seeks to decrease liquid fuel consumption in the country by boosting gas consumption.
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh previously said that by increasing Iran's total gas output especially from joint fields, the country's liquid fuel consumption in the industrial units and power plants will be reduced.
Gas shortage forced Iran to burn 28 billion liters of diesel oil and mazut in power plants last year. According to National Iranian Gas Company's official statistics, Iran delivered 36 billion cubic meters of gas (some 100 million cubic meters per day) to power plants last year. The figure is projected to reach to 42 billion cubic meters in the current year.