Ministry of Oil confirmed on Sunday its keenness on the quality of the produced gasoline, denying a message to one of the members of the House of Representatives to enter the "contaminated gasoline" to the capital Baghdad, and explained that the mechanism used in the process of unloading shipments, "gasoline" depends on the examination of the product contained before Unloaded in warehouses. 

The ministry said in a statement received Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "The production and distribution of oil derivatives are carried out in accordance with the most accurate Iraqi and international standards, and to improve the level of services provided to citizens, and do not allow it, whether through the product of national refineries or investment or imported" .


"The movement of products from refineries to warehouses and then to fuel filling stations are subject to monitoring and follow-up by the concerned authorities, including the Office of the Inspector-General and the Inspection Panel of the Petroleum Products Distribution Company and the Energy Police and others," adding that "it will not tolerate any irregularities or excesses You may get here or there by some weak souls. " 

The statement quoted the director general of the pipeline company Dawood Salem in his comments on the remarks of a member of the House of Representatives, saying "the entry of contaminated gasoline to Baghdad," coming from the refinery, "Car" in Arbil, "The company does not allow the main oil reservoirs in Baghdad," Karkh - "Or in other provinces by unloading or loading trucks with gasoline or other petroleum products that do not meet the Iraqi standard specifications."

He explained that "the mechanism followed in the process of unloading the" gasoline "from the refinery" Car "in the oil reservoirs in Baghdad, depends on the examination of the product before unloading in the warehouses of the company and the" gasoline "octane number not less than" 85 " The product in special tanks, and inform the relevant authorities in the ministry to take the procedures followed in accordance with the contract with the supplier, and this is done with regard to "11" pelvic transporting gasoline from the refinery for the purpose of unloading in the warehouse. 

"After conducting routine inspections of these shipments, the warehouse management found that the product was octane less than" 85 ", not because" gasoline "was contaminated," he said,

The deputy of the coalition of the morning of the morning of Talbi al-Uqaili, on December 28, 2018 the entry of "contaminated gasoline" to the capital Baghdad, the source of a refinery in the province of Arbil, calling on the Ministry of Oil to clarify the urgency of the authorities responsible for entering.