The Aden Oil Refinery resumed its operations after crude oil shipment arrived coming from India, an official at the Aden Refinery Company said on Tuesday.
About 35000 metric tons of crude oil was shipped to Yemen on Monday and the company are now exerting major efforts to refine the shipment quickly and distribute it to the filling stations, the official said, hoping the available quantities now will end the fuel crisis.
There were also reports more fuel shipments were on their way to the country, but yet to be confirmed.
Saba reported that a Liberian tanker unloaded about 35000 metric tons of oil and Panamanian tanker unloaded 24000 metric tons of diesel and a Singaporean tanker unloaded about 4500 tons of gas at the company's berths.
Yemen has been experiencing an acute fuel shortage coinciding with the persistent unrest that has just entered a fourth month, with millions of the people conducting street sit-ins to call for an immediate ouster of the regime.
More recently, filling stations closed down in several cities including the capital Sana'a and long queues of cars were seen at those filling stations which continued oil and diesel supply.
Amid the shortage, the Oil and Energy Ministry revealed plans to import fuel from abroad after it justified the shortage due to sabotage acts that damaged the pipeline transporting oil from in Marib to the Aden Refinery.
An official at the ministry also said last week that the refinery was about to close down for maintenance.