SHARJAH: The Sharjah Executive Council (SEC) has demanded an immediate end to the fuel shortage in the emirate and addressed the ENOC Group to explain the true causes which led to closure of its petrol stations.
In recommendations issued after Tuesday’s meeting to discuss the fuel crisis, the SEC immediately addressed ENOC Group, the parent of petrol retailers EPPCO and ENOC, to state the factors behind the fuel disruption at its stations within 48 hours so as to look into possibilities of handling the crisis which has negative impacts on inhabitants.
The recommendations were issued out of the SEC’s keenness to provide consumers with their daily demands, and petrol is one of these basic needs.
“The SEC General-Secretariat is waiting for ENOC’s response about the real reasons behind the fuel disruption so as to facilitate looking into proper solutions which can return the situation to normalcy and spare the consumers the pain of fuel supply disruption which started since late May and continues up to today,” a SEC statement said.
ENOC claimed the two-week disruption was due to ongoing maintenance which has kept about 82 petrol stations out of work in Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
Station managers and supervisors at some EPPCO stations which has been dry for many days, said they had no idea why their companies had stopped supplying them with petrol.
“We have spent around 10 days without receiving petrol. We do not know the reason behind this. Our bosses at Dubai headquarters are in a better position to give detailed information regarding this problem,” said a supervisor at an EPPCO station who did not want to be named.
Meanwhile, motorists have been lining up at filling stations like ADNOC and Emarat.
Jerish, a supervisor at ADNOC station in Nakheel said the demand for petrol has increased in recent days. “Since the beginning of the week, we have been receiving more customers than usual. But we have not experienced any shortage because we have enough petrol for all the customers,” he added.
The Emarat station manager in Nakheel, Faiyaz Ahmed Ali, said that their petrol sales have almost doubled in the past four days. He attributed the surge in sales to the increase in the number of vehicles coming to their stations as some filling stations have run short of fuel. “Currently, we sell up to 18,000 litres of petrol every day, unlike during the previous months when the total sales used to be only 9,000 litres,” he added. Ali stressed that they had stocked enough petrol in their tanks and that they have so far not experienced any shortage at their station.
Abdul Naseer, manager of Emarat station at RAK Clock Tower said, since last week, they have been getting 18,000 litres of petrol daily instead of 36,000 litres and this has affected them.
“These days, we are supplied with only half the amount of petrol than we need. Our Dubai suppliers are citing problems of shortage of petrol. Sometimes our tanks dry up before another delivery is made and we have to tell our customers to look for petrol elsewhere,” he added.
Abdul Naseer noted that the current fuel shortage has affected their business badly.
The staff, including pump attendants at fuel stations without petrol, report for duty everyday with the hope that they will be supplied with petrol so that they can resume duty. But nothing has happened until Wednesday, said a staff at an EPPCO station.
Some motorists complained of spending more time in queues.
In recommendations issued after Tuesday’s meeting to discuss the fuel crisis, the SEC immediately addressed ENOC Group, the parent of petrol retailers EPPCO and ENOC, to state the factors behind the fuel disruption at its stations within 48 hours so as to look into possibilities of handling the crisis which has negative impacts on inhabitants.
The recommendations were issued out of the SEC’s keenness to provide consumers with their daily demands, and petrol is one of these basic needs.
“The SEC General-Secretariat is waiting for ENOC’s response about the real reasons behind the fuel disruption so as to facilitate looking into proper solutions which can return the situation to normalcy and spare the consumers the pain of fuel supply disruption which started since late May and continues up to today,” a SEC statement said.
ENOC claimed the two-week disruption was due to ongoing maintenance which has kept about 82 petrol stations out of work in Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Fujairah.
Station managers and supervisors at some EPPCO stations which has been dry for many days, said they had no idea why their companies had stopped supplying them with petrol.
“We have spent around 10 days without receiving petrol. We do not know the reason behind this. Our bosses at Dubai headquarters are in a better position to give detailed information regarding this problem,” said a supervisor at an EPPCO station who did not want to be named.
Meanwhile, motorists have been lining up at filling stations like ADNOC and Emarat.
Jerish, a supervisor at ADNOC station in Nakheel said the demand for petrol has increased in recent days. “Since the beginning of the week, we have been receiving more customers than usual. But we have not experienced any shortage because we have enough petrol for all the customers,” he added.
The Emarat station manager in Nakheel, Faiyaz Ahmed Ali, said that their petrol sales have almost doubled in the past four days. He attributed the surge in sales to the increase in the number of vehicles coming to their stations as some filling stations have run short of fuel. “Currently, we sell up to 18,000 litres of petrol every day, unlike during the previous months when the total sales used to be only 9,000 litres,” he added. Ali stressed that they had stocked enough petrol in their tanks and that they have so far not experienced any shortage at their station.
Abdul Naseer, manager of Emarat station at RAK Clock Tower said, since last week, they have been getting 18,000 litres of petrol daily instead of 36,000 litres and this has affected them.
“These days, we are supplied with only half the amount of petrol than we need. Our Dubai suppliers are citing problems of shortage of petrol. Sometimes our tanks dry up before another delivery is made and we have to tell our customers to look for petrol elsewhere,” he added.
Abdul Naseer noted that the current fuel shortage has affected their business badly.
The staff, including pump attendants at fuel stations without petrol, report for duty everyday with the hope that they will be supplied with petrol so that they can resume duty. But nothing has happened until Wednesday, said a staff at an EPPCO station.
Some motorists complained of spending more time in queues.
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