The Minister of Energy orders to tighten the supervision of the fuel economy and impose penalties that may include closing stations and revoking licenses.
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The Minister of Energy, Engineer Muhammad Al-Bashir, instructed to increase supervision in the field and to tighten the supervision of gas stations and gas distribution centers in various districts, and emphasized that violations that harm civil rights will not be tolerated.
Al-Bashir emphasized, during a meeting with the director of the energy services division and the managers of the administrations in the districts, the necessity of fighting fraud, confusion and tampering with meters and prices, and taking deterrent legal measures against the violators.
The minister indicated that the penalties may also extend to the closing of the offending stations and the withdrawal of their licenses, in order to control the distribution of oil and gas derivatives and protect the rights of citizens.
At the meeting, the file of new gas station licenses was discussed through the electronic platform, in which Al-Bashir instructed to speed up the completion of licensing applications and remove obstacles facing investors, thereby contributing to increasing the number of stations and expanding their spread in the districts.