EghtesadOnline: Almost 70% of the thermal power plants' liquid fuel storage tanks have been filled so that they do not face shortage of feedstock during the cold season when there may not be enough gas to feed power stations, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company.

EghtesadOnline: Consumption of environmentally-unfriendly liquid fuels like diesel and mazut in power plants and farming declined 31% over the past six years, the Oil Ministry's deputy for planning and economic affairs said.