rafidainscope - Official spokesperson for the Ministry of Oil, Salim Al-Rikabi, outlined the primary causes behind the ongoing fuel distribution challenges across national service stations. Al-Rikabi clarified that recent security developments affecting maritime routes in the Strait of Hormuz severely
disrupted international shipping contracts, forcing the ministry to rely on a highly limited number of tankers willing to navigate the risk zones to deliver imported fuel. The spokesperson added that emergency protocols and supplementary procurement procedures have been enacted, predicting
a tangible stabilization of supply levels and a reduction in station congestion starting today.
