Ministry Against Replacing Gasoline With LPG for Earning Forex Revenues

Exporting liquefied petroleum gas helps the Oil Ministry earn at last $5 billion in foreign currency revenues, because of which it opposes any plans to add the fuel to Iran’s energy mix, a lawmaker from Tehran said.
"Although adding LPG to the fuel basket will reduce gasoline consumption by 15 million liters per day, which can be exported, the Oil Ministry is against it," Malek Shariati-Niasar was also quoted as saying by Mehr News Agency.
“The ministry’s share of exporting gasoline and diesel is 15%, which share increases to 100% when it comes to LPG, so the Oil Ministry and its subsidiaries are willing to sell liquefied gas more than gasoline,” he said.