CNG Sales Increase Following Cyberattack on Gas Stations

Following a cyberattack that severely disrupted the sale of subsidized gasoline in Iran last Tuesday, the sale of compressed natural gas has experienced a 50% jump per day, a member of the board of directors at Iran's CNG Association said.
“CNG demand has risen by 10 million cubic meters a day since last week as many car owners are not willing to fill up their tank with expensive, unsubsidized fuel,” the Energy Today website also quoted Mohsen Johari as saying.
Before the cyber assault, CNG sales peaked at 25 mcm/d and it has now reached 35 million cubic meters per day, he added.
The cyberattack forced the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company, to reboot systems in 4,300 gas stations all over the country.