publish time

23/03/2020

author name Arab Times

publish time

23/03/2020

KUWAIT CITY, March 23: The manager in-charge of the Kuwait Oil Tanker Company’s liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinder branch in Umm Al-Aish area Engr Yousef Al-Khamees revealed that 50,000 gas cylinders are being used locally every day, reports Al-Anba daily.

During an interview on Kuwait TV channel, Al-Khamees said the productivity of the company’s two factories for filling gas cylinders stands at 150,000 cylinders, affirming that the company’s strategic stockpile can meet the needs of the local market for several months.

He indicated that the rate of domestic consumption of gas cylinders witnessed a jump at a rate of 86,000 cylinders immediately following the implementation of government measures to limit the spread of the new coronavirus, but it later dropped to the usual rate