Authorities confirm sufficient domestic fuel supply

The Supervisory Committee on the Import, Storage, and Distribution of Fuel Oil is working to ensure adequate fuel stock at the storage tanks at Thilawa Port until the end of the second week of August to maintain a sufficient supply of fuel oil within the country.
In addition, the committee is ensuring the continuous arrival of oil tankers from abroad. The committee has issued a statement advising the public not to trust misinformation spread by online media, not to purchase fuel excessively or unnecessarily, and not to sell it at inflated prices. The committee is also systematically monitoring filling stations to ensure they do not refuse to sell oil despite having stock.
Continuous rainfall has caused flooding in some regions, leading to delays in fuel importation, distribution processes, and transport. Therefore, officials are regularly distributing fuel daily to 98 petrol stations in Nay Pyi Taw Union Territory, 196 stations in Yangon Region, and 692 stations in Mandalay Region, as well as over 3,000 filling stations across the country. If necessary, authorities are distributing an additional three million gallons of petrol and diesel per day through urgent or special programmes.
Investigations have reported that vehicles are queuing at only five stations in Nay Pyi Taw out of 100, 24 petrol stations in Yangon out of 146, and 19 stations in Mandalay Region out of 163. That indicates that no or few purchases are occurring at the remaining fuel stations, even though they have stock.
Accordingly, the committee urges the public to buy fuel at their nearest petrol stations to prevent unnecessarily long queues and traffic congestion on the roads. — MNA/TMT