Minister for Trade and Industry, Hisham Sharaf, said on Saturday that the acute fuel crisis will come to an end by this weekend, as long queues of cars are still seen near filling stations across the country.
In a statement to Al-Thawra Daily, Sharaf said the government has already started supplying benzene to all cities as a first step towards ending the fuel crisis.
"The government imported 90000 tonnes of oil as a first step to tackle the acute fuel shortage in the country," he said, pointing out that Yemen needs 8000 tonnes of diesel a day, with the Secretariat Capital portion estimated at 140000 tonnes.
Yemen also needs 4500 tonnes of benzene a day, he said.
"Meantime, a filling station has been allocated for supplying bakeries with diesel, he said, adding that after solving the fuel crisis, the ministry will conduct field campaigns to monitor the situation and prevent price manipulation and product monopoly.
The remarks of Sharaf came after Saba quoted informed sources in Aden as saying that the first shipment of domestic crude oil will be sent to the Aden Refinery this week coming from the offshore terminal of Ras Issa in the Red Sea.
Lately, the government repaired the pipeline in Marib province which transports crude oil to the terminal.
Yemen has been experiencing an acute fuel crisis coinciding with other severe crises topped by acute water and cooking gas shortages as well as day-and-night power outages.
In June Saudi Arabia announced a three-million barrels of crude oil grant to the country, of which 1.65 million arrived in Aden.
A fifth shipment within the Saudi grant of almost 500000 barrels will arrive Sunday in Aden and the last shipment in early August.