An oil official in Sulaimaniyah province in Kurdistan region revealed a significant increase in gasoline prices over the past few months due to reducing the region's share by Baghdad.

The director of oil-derivatives distribution in Sulaymaniyah, Jamal Ali told "Shafaq News" that "prices of different kinds of gasoline have increased significantly in the region over the past few months due to reduction of the allocated share from Baghdad”.

The share allocated to Baghdad now covers half of Sulaymaniyah need of gasoline "the need estimated at two and a half million liters per day while we only receive 1.23 million liters from Baghdad, “he said.

The allocated share of gasoline to the province by the Ministry of natural materials in Kurdistan region, amounting to 100 thousand liters per day is also frozen since 10 days.

Ali stressed that gasoline prices will continue to rise unless the government put an urgent plan to solve it, acknowledging that the government price of gasoline type (Baiji) has not changed which is "500 dinars per liter”.

It is worth mentioning that the increase in the number of cars in the province and the entry of large numbers of tourist’s cars are also other reasons for gasoline scarcity and high gasoline prices.

Shafaq News