Why Iran's liquid fuel consumption plunges?
Iran's liquid fuel consumption decreased dramatically during spring and reached 16.6 billion liters. The figure in last year's spring was 18.765 billion liters. The mentioned figures include gasoline, diesel, kerosene, and fuel oil, while Iran's liquid petroleum gas (LPG) consumption also reached 497,271 metric tons in the first three months of Iran's fiscal year, started on March 21, compared to 505,641 tons in the same period last year. Some 6.640 billion liters of gasoline, 7.263 billion liters of diesel, 2.371 billion liters of fuel oil, and 353.4 million liters of kerosene were consumed in spring this year. The figures indicate that gasoline consumption increased, while other liquid fuels decreased. The biggest factor in decreasing other types of liquid fuels is less use of gas-oil, fuel oil and kerosene in the power sector. According to the latest weekly report, published by Iran's Energy Ministry covering a period from March 21 to June 20, Ir