Kyrgyzstan restricts petrol sales for motorists

BISHKEK, July 15 (Itar-Tass) - Kyrgyzstan has restricted petrol sales
for motorists.
On Friday, Gazpromneft-Azia was instructed to sell no more than 15
litres of A-92 petrol and no more than 20 litres of A-95 petrol per
driver, a petrol station worker told Itar-Tass in Bishkek.
Moreover, over the past several days the petrol price jumped by almost
10 percent.
Gazpromneft-Azia owns most of Kyrgyzstan's petrol stations and is the
only company engaged in the import of petrol and diesel fuel from Russia.
At present, a motorist can buy fuel without any restrictions, but at a
higher price at petrol stations owned by the Bishkek Oil Company.
Gazpromneft-Azia office in Kyrgyzstan declines to make any official
comments on the restrictions. The Central Asian republic's association of
oil traders also made no statements so far.
Meanwhile, sources in the association told Itar-Tass that the reason
for shortage of An-92 and An-95 petrol is explained through changes Russia
had made into the export policy of fuel and lubricants.
"We hope that this situation is temporary. Now we are in talks with
Russia's petrol producers," the source said.