Trouble may be with the AI-95 petrol

On  April 3 Azpetrol company stopped selling gasoline AI -95 at the gas stations. Company's website reported that Azpetrol starts selling premium gasoline, and warns all owners of  fuel credit cards, using AI-95 , to  recalculate and start  purchasing  gasoline AI-98 . However, the company does not explain the decision.  The information was  published on April 3, and  did not leave a choice  the right to choose for customers.  The attempts to get comments in  the company  were futile.

At the gas station the other all grades of oil is sold, including A-95, although Facebook published the information about the disappearance of AI-95 petrol stations. Interestingly,  that at the filling station of SOCAR  on the main road  Baku- Mardakani  the price  for AI-95 is indicated on the display the same – 80 gepik, but  employees of the petrol station state that the price  is  93  gepik. Later, on behalf of the Tariff Council  has  been spread  an information that from now  the petrol AI -95 will be sold under the brand name "Premium"  at the price 93  gepik , which meets Euro 4.

 The authorities  again deceived consumers  and by fraud raised prices of for  gasoline. Government has never intelligibly  pre-notified people about future price changes.

It is known that the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) in early April temporarily suspended production of motor gasoline, due to the fact that  SOCAR launched a major  capital repair  on the largest installations  in the oil refineries  named after Heydar Aliyev, which produce fuel.

SOCAR management early in the year announced the upcoming repair works at the refinery  named after H. Aliyev. Repair work will continue for about a month.  To keep the prices the government in February decided to lower excise taxes on imported petrol: AI- 92 and AI-80 - twice, for  diesel fuel - by 3.2 times ,  for jet engine fuel - by 7.6 times, for  naphtha – by  5 , 4 times,  for liquefied gas – by  three times ,  for motor fuel (DT- 36) -  by seven times , for  motor fuel (DT- 20) – by  5.2 times, for  furnace oil – by  49 times, and bitumen (BN- 60 / 90 , BNB-60/70) -  by 16.4 times.

After the new installations in the oil refinery named after  H.Aliyev  are put into operation , and production capacity will come on the planned rules, imports of petroleum products will be discontinued,  Turan was told  in SOCAR.

Simultaneously, on April 2 petrol stations in Azerbaijan reduced the price for AI -98 from 1.5 to 1.03 manats per liter. In 2013  only three cisterns were brought to Azerbaijan,  so it is not clear from where  they have brought  large volumes of AI-98, which will replace the demand for gasoline AI -95.  It means that  under the name of “Premium” is  sold  AI-95, but by 13 gepik higher. Semi-partisan actions by authorities  for changing the  brand of petrol  and increase of prices  once again testify  that people  have faced next fraud.—0—