YPC spokesman confirms exacerbation of oil crisis, the absence of the UN’s role

Yemen Petroleum Company confirmed the aggravation of the fuel crisis in all governorates due to the detention of fuel tankers by the Navy of US-Saudi aggression.

The spokesman for the company, Essam Al-Mutawakel, told Almasirah, Thursday, that the company launched a distress call due to the fuel stocks running out, and that the rest of the quantities are sold at the company’s stations at the official price.

He added that the company demanded the entry of an ambulance tanker, but faced procrastinating, on the pretext that one of the tanker’s crew was infected by coronavirus and detained in Djibouti despite having been granted a permit from the UN.

He stated that the tanker was supposed to arrive in Hodeidah yesterday evening, but it was pirated by the navy of US-Saudi aggression, pointing out that the United Nations organizations did not respond to the company.

He added that if the company is the reason for the crisis, then who caused the crisis in the occupied areas, pointing out that the company has invited activists and journalists to come down and reveal the fact that fuel is being banned.

Yemen Petroleum Company, YPC, sounded a warning on Wednesday, that Yemen is witnessing the most severe fuel crisis since the beginning of the US-Saudi aggression and siege seven years ago.

YPC spokesman, Issam Al-Mutawakel, said that “the queues for citizens’ cars to fill up gas extend more than 3 kilometers at the gas station in various governorates.”

He explained that the initiative of the company to eliminate the manifestations around the fuel crisis is ongoing, saying that all fuel tankers are not allowed to reach the port of Hodeidah which the Saudi-led aggression is not admitting.