Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 5
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Gasoline consumption in Iran's capital Tehran hit 96.7 million liters in the week ended on Jan. 2, a 2.8-million liters increase, compared to the previous week.
The average consumption per day amounted to 13.814 million liters, showing 400,000 liters per day increase week on week, Iran's IRNA news agency reported on Jan. 5.
January 1 with 15.2 million liters, and January 2 with 13.3 million liters respectively recorded the highest and lowest rate of gasoline consumption in the mentioned week.
Iran used to import 40 percent of its needed gasoline by 2009, but the international sanctions forced it to produce gasoline domestically by adding lead or some poisonous chemical catalysts such as MTBE to the product. MTBE is a highly poisonous substance which causes cancer. It is banned worldwide to be used for gasoline production.
The administration of President Hassan Rouhani ordered to stop the distribution of substandard gasoline.
Stopping gasoline production by petrochemical units has increased the amount of "clean days" in Tehran by 25 percent.
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