Demand Disappears for Premium Gasoline

Demand for premium gasoline, marketed as ‘super’ in Iran declined 80% in the first 11 months of the current Persian calendar year that ends on March 20 compared to the same period last year, head of Iran Gas Station Owners Union said.
“Due to low demand (around 2 million liters a day), producing premium gasoline is not a priority for the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company,” Asadollah Qolizadeh was quoted as saying by ILNA.
Referring to the shortage of premium gasoline (which has an octane level of 91 as opposed to regular fuel with octane number is 87) at most pumps, the GSOA chief said NIORDC produces limited amounts of this fuel as “few station owners order because it must be sold at unsubsidized prices (14 cents per liter)”.