Energy Minister Muhammad al-Bashir emphasized the necessity of intensifying field supervision and tightening inspection procedures at fuel stations and gas distribution centers across various governorates, and not tolerating any practices that could harm citizens' rights or manipulate the distribution of petroleum derivatives.
In this context, this came during a meeting held by al-Bashir with the Director of Energy Services Administration in Syria and the directors of energy services directorates in the governorates, dedicated to monitoring the operational reality of the directorates, evaluating the level of supervisory performance, and discussing measures to enhance oversight of the petroleum derivatives and gas distribution sector. This step aims to regulate the fuels sector and put an end to violations and transgressions.
For his part, al-Bashir stressed the need to deal firmly with various forms of violations, especially fraud, mixing, and tampering with meters and prices, confirming the adoption of legal measures and deterrent penalties against violators, which may reach closing down violating stations and revoking their licenses, thereby ensuring the regulation of distribution operations and protecting citizens' rights.
He added that the meeting discussed the file of licenses for new fuel stations via the electronic platform, where al-Bashir emphasized the need to expedite the completion of licensing requests and remove obstacles for investors, which contributes to increasing the number of stations and expanding their spread across various governorates.
These directives come within the framework of the Ministry of Energy's efforts to enhance supervision over the petroleum derivatives sector, ensure the quality of products circulating in markets, improve the level of services provided to citizens, and reduce violations that affect the regularity of distribution operations.
Source: Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA)
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