The chairman of the CNG trade association said the price gap between gasoline and compressed natural gas is the main reason drivers have pulled back from CNG, and that using existing CNG capacity and incentives for dual-fuel vehicles could offset at least 20 million liters of the gasoline imbalance.
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The first training course on “Introduction to and Use of Artificial Intelligence in Organizational Management” for managers in the refining and distribution industry was held on Friday, October 2, 2026, at the company’s Pasian campus.
A pilot to attach identity data to emergency fuel cards, aimed at making fuel distribution smarter, has begun at 54 selected filling stations in Tehran.
The CEO of Tehran Oil Refining Company has emphasized the strategic position of Rey Energy Complex in the country’s oil value chain.
The deputy oil minister and chief executive of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said the enemy targeted pump stations and the Rey oil depot, cutting the transfer of 90 million liters of products a day, in an attempt to shut filling stations in the capital and paralyze fuel distribution across the northern belt within 72 hours. Round-the-clock work by oil-industry staff and a chain of road tankers, he said, blocked a planned gasoline shortage and social crisis.
The United States is considering a diesel export ban to contain a sharp rise in fuel prices.
Tareq Shallal, deputy for refining and petrochemical industries at the Syrian Petroleum Company, said gasoline cargoes received at Banias port in Syria have begun moving overland to Iraq.
Diesel prices in markets outside the United States have risen relative to U.S. prices on the chance that Donald Trump’s administration will ban diesel exports, adding to concern that international supply could tighten.
The commercial director of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said a 40% increase in fuel station operators’ handling fees will take effect on a provisional basis from tonight and that the new gasoline and diesel rates have been loaded into the system.
Iran has stopped importing gasoil after raising output at domestic refineries and will add about 5 million liters a day of diesel capacity by the end of the Iranian year, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said.
Persian Gulf Star Refinery is producing 51 million liters of gasoline a day — about half of Iran’s supply — TAPICO CEO Ruhollah Shahidipour said at the holding’s annual general meeting.
Iran’s Supreme Audit Court has issued a preventive warning to the Oil Ministry on timely fuel supply for thermal power plants ahead of the cold season.
The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company issued a statement rejecting reports that 3,000- and 5,000-toman gasoline quotas had been dropped for cars worth more than 1 billion tomans.
Iran will use all available gas and liquid-fuel production capacity to supply winter fuel, Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said.
Iran’s government spokeswoman said non-quota gasoline bought with station cards will rise to 10,000 tomans a liter from early Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2026, while subsidized ration prices stay the same.
The CEO of Iran’s National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said gasoline consumption in Tehran Province has risen about 30 percent in recent days as more drivers have been heading to gas stations, but he insisted there is no cause for concern.
Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said the government is considering several plans to address the gap between gasoline production and consumption, but no decision has been finalized.
President Masoud Pezeshkian said Saturday that managing resources and securing public cooperation will be essential to decisions about the future of fuel supplies, warning that Iran must be prepared to manage shortages if production and imports remain constrained.
U.S. gasoline pump prices crossed the $4 a gallon mark on Monday as renewed hostilities between the U.S. and Iran further disrupt energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz, a critical route for global oil supplies.
The head of the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company reported a significant rise in gasoline consumption, with daily distribution reaching 134.5 million liters during the first 24 days of the Iranian month of Tir (late June–July).
