Mahrouqat" circulates internal pricing on stations after deleting its official bulletin
Owners of gas stations in Damascus told "Syrian News" that they have received internal directives from a fuel company to continue selling according to the new price, and not to pay attention to the deletion of the price bulletin from the company's official IDs.
They explained that any subsequent adjustment in the prices of oil derivatives will be communicated to them through internal messages away from media publication, in an unusual step compared to the previous months when the company relied on publishing the price through its official social media pages.
Yesterday afternoon, "Mahrouqat" deleted the bulletin it issued the same morning, according to which it raised the prices of hydrocarbons by up to thirty percent, without publishing any clarification or price alternative until the moment of preparing the article.
The complete absence of any price reference yesterday created a wide state of confusion in the markets and gas stations, as some stations stopped selling pending an "official directive", while others raised their prices randomly, which led to suffocating congestion and an immediate rise in transportation fees and commodity prices, in a scene that reflects the fragility of the management of the energy file and its direct impact on the stability of living.
As of the time of writing, Mahrouqat's IDs are still free of any new bulletin, while gas stations and domestic and industrial gas distributors continue to sell at the price issued on Thursday morning.
"Syrian Petroleum" justifies the decision to raise prices
In the same context, the Syrian Petroleum Company provided an official explanation on the reasons for the price increase, stressing that the step comes within the management of "service sustainability and ensuring continuity of supply" in light of the regional and international changes that are putting pressure on the energy sector.
In a statement carried by the state-run SANA news agency, the company pointed out that the price adjustment is linked to the continuous global rises in oil prices, supply and shipping costs, in addition to the repercussions imposed by the current regional conditions on the supply movement.
The company said that it has "maintained" price stability during the past period despite the increase in the actual cost, in an attempt to absorb the repercussions of global changes as much as possible and ensure the continued availability of oil derivatives and related services.
She added that this adjustment comes within a pricing policy that relies on monitoring global markets and changes in the dollar exchange rate, in a context that provokes a wide debate about the repercussions of energy prices on inflation.
Fuel prices increased by up to 30%
In its deleted bulletin, "Mahrouqat" set the prices of oil derivatives according to an exchange rate of 133 Syrian pounds per fuel dollar, where the price of a liter of first diesel reached $0.88, 90-octane gasoline about $1.10, and 95-octane gasoline about $1.15, while the price of a domestic gas cylinder reached $12.50, and industrial gas reached $20.
These developments come at a time when the Syrian markets are witnessing extreme sensitivity to any change in energy prices, as this has a direct impact on the costs of transportation, production, and the prices of basic commodities, making the pricing file one of the most closely linked files to economic and social stability in the country.