Azerbaijan, Baku, Jun.18/ Trend R.Zamanov
Iran's average gasoline consumption stood at 67.485 million litres per day in the week to June 14, the Tasnim News Agency reported.
The amount shows a 1.8 per cent decrease compared to the preceding week. On
June 13, 79.9 million litres and on June 14, a total of 59.3 million litres were recorded as being the highest and lowest rates of gasoline consumption in the week.
The country's gasoline consumption had soared to over 80 million litres per day in the first days of the current Iranian calendar year which started March 21. The rise in gasoline consumption was due to holiday trips.
The country's average gasoline consumption stood at around 71.6 million litres per day in the previous Iranian calendar year, the ISNA News Agency reported.
It is while according to the Deputy Oil Minister Alireza Zeyqami Iran's average gasoline consumption stands at around 63.5 million litres per day.
Kashkouli also said last month that by not implementing the second phase of subsidy reform plan there would be a rise in Iran's gasoline consumption to 70 million litres per day which is eight per cent more than the current figure.
Implementing the second phase of the reform plan would also prevent the country's gas oil consumption to rise by seven million litres per day, the IRNA News Agency quoted Kashkouli as saying.
Zeyqami said last month that the country will stop producing gasoline in petrochemical complexes by the end of summer.
Once the gasoline production units of Lavan, Abadan, and Tabriz refineries come on stream, the country's gasoline production capacity would surpass Iran's consumption rate so we can stop production of gasoline at the petrochemical complexes, the ISNA News Agency quoted him as saying.
Zeyqami went on to note that Iran's production capacity currently stands at 61 million tons per day.
Currently 22 million litres of gasoline conforming to Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards is being produced in the country, he said.
Zeqami expressed the hope that Tehran's total gasoline production capacity would reach 70 million litres per day by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2014).