Sana'a .. Creating a new oil derivatives crisis
English - Saturday 26 December 2020 الساعة 02:27 pm
Sanaa, NewsYemen, Exclusive:
The price of the petrol container of (20 liters) jumped to (12) thousand Yemeni riyals, after it wad (8) thousand riyals 5 days ago, in what is known as the black market run by the Houthi militia, in Sanaa and the neighboring governorates.
Likewise, the price of a 20-liter diesel rose to 10 thousand riyals, while dozens of cars and public vehicles piled in front of hundreds of filling stations, in the first signs of a stifling new oil derivatives crisis.
The lists of oil derivatives distribution showed that the Houthi militia - the Iranian arm in Yemen - reduced the quantities of derivatives distributed to the capital Sana'a to its lowest level, in contrast, black market manifestations spread in the streets, intersections and under bridges.
Mobile sales points have also spread in this market, that contains pumps on board medium transport vehicles, which are densely populated at the entrances to cities and along the roads between governorates.
Owners of stations in Sanaa accuse the Houthi militia of fabricating the crises of oil derivatives, and of causing double the burden on citizens in order to achieve financial profits.
The Houthi militia threatened to confiscate the means of transport and the quantities of oil derivatives transported without permission, in reference to its control of the elements of the crisis, and to prevent the transfer of any oil derivatives from the southern and eastern governorates that would end the black market and reduce the burdens of citizens in Sanaa and the neighboring governorates.
The Houthi militia seeks to continue the oil derivatives crisis, and to maintain the black market, by deliberately closing derivatives filling stations, rationing working hours for operating stations, and fabricating obstacles to stop them.
The oil derivatives crisis is exacerbating in Sana'a and its neighboring governorates, coinciding with the arrival of the "Baxter" on Thursday, with 29,475 tons of gasoline on board, to the port of Hodeidah (west of Yemen).
Last November, the Oil Company in Sana'a, run by the Houthi militia, announced the arrival of three ships loaded with oil derivatives to the port of Hodeidah, including two vessels carrying 59,624 tons of gasoline, and the third ship loaded with 29,690 tons of diesel, and the port of Hodeidah received the ship Ares in early December loaded with (25,998) tons of diesel.
Since the decline in oil prices to their lowest level in the world, the Houthi militia in the regions of Sanaa and the neighboring governorates continues to double the burden on citizens by selling 20 liters petrol at 5900 riyals, and the 20 liters of diesel at 6900 riyals.
A specialized parliamentary committee had noticed that the oil company in Sana'a was closing some stations and there are still quantities of petroleum products available in light of the continuing queues of citizens' cars in front of those stations, which implicitly means the oil company’s involvement in stirred up oil derivative crises in Sana'a and the neighboring provinces.
The Houthi militia receives oil subsidies from Tehran, which it sells to citizens at prices three times higher than its prices on the global market, and has imposed successive price doses on the prices of these materials that have reached three times their price in 2014.
