Gas: Iran's rationing scheme saving up to 20 million litres a day

Iran's Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari said yesterday that gasoline rationing has helped cut consumption by up to 20 million litres a day, Iran's Energy and Oil Information Network (SHANA) reported.

"The country has consumed 65 to 67 million litres per day of gasoline since the outset of the current Iranian year (starting from March 20, 2008)," Nozari told SHANA.

"A daily 20-million-litre decrease has been the consequence of implementing rationing scheme," he said.

He pointed out that the government has no plan to curb the quotas during the winter time, according to SHANA.

Under Iran's gasoline rationing system, motorists are allowed to buy 120 litres per month at the price of 1,000 Rials (around 10U.S. cents) per litre.

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