Iran faces deepening fuel deficit as sanctions and war constrain supplies

The short version

• Iran is facing a daily gasoline deficit of approximately 15 million liters as conflict damage, halted imports, and renewed US sanctions restrict fuel supplies.[Al Jazeera · Deutsche Welle · Deutsche Welle]
• Refining authorities have tested low-dose methanol additives in gasoline, while consumers express rising concern over fuel quality following an isolated contamination incident.[Deutsche Welle · Deutsche Welle]
• The government has progressively cut subsidized fuel quotas and signaled potential price reforms to manage heavy state subsidy costs.[Al Jazeera · Deutsche Welle · Deutsche Welle]

Key facts

• Iran's fuel consumption stands at roughly 135 million liters per day against domestic production of about 121 million liters, with refined imports halted.[Al Jazeera]
• The country faces an estimated daily gasoline deficit of about 15 million liters amid conflict damage and US sanctions.[Deutsche Welle · Deutsche Welle]
• Persian Gulf Star Oil Company is testing methanol at approximately 0.5% in gasoline, within the permitted national limit of 3%.[Deutsche Welle · Deutsche Welle]
• President Masoud Pezeshkian said the government pays 1.3 million rials per liter to produce petrol, while the lowest subsidized tier is sold at 15,000 rials.[Al Jazeera]
• Subsidized second-tier fuel quotas were lowered from 100 liters to 70 in late March and reduced again to 50 liters in July.[Al Jazeera]
• A pilot initiative to test higher prices in Kerman province across 204 stations was called off at the last minute on August 13.[Al Jazeera]

Sources

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• War and sanctions deepen Iran's fuel crisisDeutsche Welle
• Iran’s government signals fuel price hike on eve of new US sanctionsAl Jazeera
• Iran fuel crisis deepens amid war and sanctionsDeutsche Welle