Sana'a.. Detention of oil derivatives tankers
English - Tuesday 29 June 2021 الساعة 09:20 am
Sana'a, NewsYemen:
The Houthi militia - the Iranian arm in Yemen - has been holding hundreds of tankers of gasoline and diesel for weeks in front of the oil company's facility in the Al-Sabah area, west of the capital, Sanaa.
According to eyewitnesses, hundreds of tankers of oil derivatives have been parked for weeks in front of the oil company's facility in the Al-Sabah area, while dozens of vehicles and cars are parked in front of limited stations for filling oil derivatives in Sana'a and the neighboring governorates.
On Monday, June 28, the Houthi militia, which monopolizes the import and trade of oil derivatives, distributed limited quantities of gasoline to 16 oil company stations in 8 governorates to fill cars with an automated system based on the license plate numbers of cars, with a quantity of (40) liters only for each car. .
In return, the Houthi militia distributed, on Monday, June 28, 2021, oil derivatives to 9 stations in Saada Governorate.
The Houthi militia raised an additional price dose in the price of a 20-liter tank of gasoline, from (5900) riyals to (8500) riyals, which led to an increase in its price on the black market to above 15,000 riyals.
From time to time, the capital, Sanaa, and the rest of the areas under the control of the Houthi militias, witness a recurring crisis of oil derivatives due to what the militias claim as a result of the "coalition" preventing the entry of oil derivatives ships to the port of Hodeidah.
A specialized parliamentary committee had noticed that the oil company in Sana’a is closing some stations and there are still available quantities of petroleum products in them, in light of the queues of citizens’ cars in front of these stations, which implies the involvement of the oil company in fabricating crises of oil derivatives in Sana’a and the neighboring governorates.
The Houthi militia receives oil subsidies from Tehran, which it sells to citizens at prices three times higher than its prices in the global market, and imposed successive price doses on the prices of these materials, reaching three times their price in 2014.
