Integrity investigates the causes of high gasoline prices and advises the establishment of new refin

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[size=52]Integrity investigates the causes of high gasoline prices and advises the establishment of new refineries[/size]

[size=45]Yesterday, Wednesday, the Integrity Commission recommended the development of comprehensive plans by the Ministry of Planning to rehabilitate the refineries and establish new ones, and investigate the gasoline supply crisis and the importance of developing inspection and control devices and linking them to the Minister of Oil.[/size]
[size=45]The authority stated in a statement that it received (Al-Mada), a copy of it, that "the Control Department prepared a report on the visits of its field team to the Ministry of Oil, the General Company for the Distribution of Oil Derivatives and the bodies (Baghdad Distribution, Inspection of Oil Derivatives, Studies and Follow-up)."[/size]
[size=45]The statement added, "The report included a meeting with the Undersecretary for Liquidation Affairs and the General Manager of the Oil Derivatives Distribution Company, as well as a number of private gas station owners in Baghdad, to follow up on the gasoline crisis in Baghdad and the provinces."[/size]
[size=45]He stressed the need to "establish new refineries similar to the Karbala refinery, and rehabilitate the existing refineries, especially the Baiji refinery, to ensure self-sufficiency and not resort to imports."[/size]
[size=45]The statement pointed out that "the report, a copy of which was sent to the Office of the Prime Minister and the Minister of Oil, called for activating the GPS system on the tanks, to follow their progress from the loading point to the unloading point, and to activate the feature of measuring the product level in the tanker cars." And he spoke about “supporting the project of automation of civil and governmental stations initiated by the General Company for the Distribution of Oil Derivatives using the electronic control system by installing (electronic arm) on fuel tanks.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement called for “the use of an electronic lock (electronic means) on the unloading counters and the loading nozzles of tanks, to reduce smuggling operations.”[/size]
[size=45]He noted, “the importance of developing the inspection and control bodies in the Ministry of Oil, and linking the inspection body to the office of the minister or undersecretary, to give it broader powers, while limiting the import of fuel pumps to the Ministry of Oil; To prevent adding parts that enable the quantity of the product to be tampered with.”[/size]
[size=45]The statement identified, "the reasons behind the crisis of oil derivatives, including the increase in demand for the product in the provinces bordering the Kurdistan region."[/size]
[size=45]He added, "This is in order to trade it in the region where prices are subject to the international bulletin of prices, which are often high compared to the position that supports gasoline prices."[/size]
[size=45]The statement pointed out that "car owners living in the region refueled from stations in the nearby governorates, such as (Nineveh, Kirkuk, Diyala)."[/size]
[size=45]He stated, “The absence of supervision and the significant increase in the import of cars without being matched by an increase in the number of refineries, and the weakness of supervision and inspection in monitoring violations at filling stations, as the number of inspection owners does not exceed (70) affiliates throughout Iraq.”[/size]
[size=45]And regarding the immediate measures taken by the General Company for the Distribution of Oil Products to address the crisis, the report stated, “This was represented by the issuance of the fuel card.”[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated, "That card works according to an electronic control program to read the information of each vehicle through a card reader installed on the fuel pump, which is activated by a secret number specific to each vehicle owner."[/size]
[size=45]The statement went on to say that “the work of the fuel card in the governorates of Kirkuk and Nineveh, while future measures include increasing the supply of stations with fuel, increasing working hours throughout the day and proceeding with the procedures for implementing the contract; To implement the collection and electronic payment system.[/size]
[size=45]The governorates near the Kurdistan region are witnessing from time to time a fuel crisis in conjunction with the high prices of derivatives within the region.[/size]
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