Oil refineries in Kazakhstan produced about 3 million tonnes of gasoline in 2017, which is 4.2 percent more than a year earlier, while the production of diesel fuel, at the same time, fell by 6 percent.

Gasoline price has increased by 50 percent starting from February 1 in Turkmenistan.

Joint venture Jizzakh Petroleum, which is founded by Uzbekneftegaz, will organize a network of stations selling foreign gasoline in Uzbekistan.

Energy-rich Azerbaijan will not depend on the import of 95 RON gasoline, since the country is aimed at producing itself this type of fuel.

Kazakh Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev promised that in November the agency will try to exert a greater influence on the cost of gasoline.

Energy-rich Iran has become self-sufficient in producing the amount of gasoline the country requires on a daily basis.

The Islamic Republic of Iran intends to abandon foreign gasoline imports for the first time in almost 36 years.

The Iranian parliament passed a bill which ended the gasoline rationing plan - the legacy of former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad since 2007.

The production of gasoline (including aviation gasoline) increased by 13.6 percent in Kazakhstan in January-June 2016, as compared to the same period in 2015 and stood at nearly 1.53 million tons, said the country’s Statistics Committee.

Turkmenistan has launched work to construct a plant for production of gasoline out of natural gas, the “Neutral Turkmenistan” newspaper reported March 2.