Low Quality Gasoline Aggravates Air Pollution in Ahvaz

The National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company has stopped supplying gasoline compliant with Euro-4 emission standards to gas pumps in Ahvaz, the capital of southwestern Khuzestan Province, since June, the head of the provincial Gasoline Station Owners Association said.
“The octane rating of the fuel sold in the city is less than 85 that has exacerbated the air pollution menace in the city,” Ebrahim Albaji was also quoted as saying by ISNA.
The octane number in the Iranian Euro-4 grade gasoline is around 92, he added, noting that as per the Cabinet directive issued in 2010, NIOPDC, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company, is obliged to sell Euro-4 gasoline in major cities, but it has halted distribution of the high-octane fuel in Ahvaz since four months ago.