The government of Uzbekistan plans to increase the cost of gas, electricity and gasoline from Nov. 16, Uzbek media reported referring to the draft resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Uzbekistan.

Prices for AI-95 Premium and AI-98 Super gasoline brands, which are imported to Azerbaijan from abroad, have risen.

Kazakhstan plans to begin deliveries of gasoline to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in autumn 2018.

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.