The Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah urged on Wednesday for reopening closed fuel stations in the capital, Tripoli, and to operate them around the clock.
This came in two letters to the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Brega Oil Marketing Company and the Minister of Interior, Emad Al-Trabelsi.
A meeting was held on Wednesday at the Cabinet Office in Tripoli to follow up on the mechanism of distributing fuel to the stations, after severe congestion was observed in front of the fuel stations and the closure of some stations and their failure to receive the fuel quantities allocated to them.
Dbeibah stressed the need for coordination between the Chairman of the Brega Company and the Minister of Interior to address the problem of congestion in front of the fuel stations.
The capital, Tripoli, and most Libyan cities in the east and west of the country are suffering from a severe fuel crisis that has led to the emergence of long queues of cars in front of the fuel stations, where people wait for long hours to get gasoline.
The crisis began a few days ago and reached its peak on Tuesday, which increased citizens' fears and concerns, especially with the spread of rumors on social media about the presence of poor quality fuel in some stations.
The spokesman for Brega Oil Marketing Company, Ahmed Al-Maslati, attributed the reason behind this crisis to the delay in the arrival of gasoline tankers to the ports, stressing that this problem is beyond the control of the National Oil Corporation and Brega Company.
Al-Maslati explained that the company was forced to rely on the gasoline stock in its warehouses, and reduce the daily distribution quantities until the arrival of tankers loaded with gasoline.
The Director of the International Marketing Department at the National Oil Corporation said that more than 6 million liters would be given to the distribution companies, indicating the arrival of three tankers on Thursday with a total load of 80.000 tons.