Ministry of Energy and Oil announces its Agreement with gas Distributors to Stabilize the Prices of Domestic Butane gas

Minister of Energy and Oil Mohamed Ould Khaled, in the presence of Minister of Trade and Tourism Zeinabou Ahmednah and Minister of Culture, Arts, Communication and Relations with Parliament, El Housseiine Ould Medou, announced on Sunday evening in the meeting room of the Ministry of Energy and Oil an agreement regarding fixing the prices of domestic butane gas bottles with gas companies and the Office of Domestic Gas Distributors in Mauritania.

At the beginning of the agreement announcement session, which was also attended by the Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff, Cheikh Ould Zeidane, and the President of the Mauritanian Employers’ Federation, Mohamed Zeine El Abidine Ould Cheikh Ahmed, the Minister of Oil and Energy said that domestic gas is available in the market without any disruption in the supply and distribution of this vital material.

The Minister expressed his thanks to all parties concerned with the announcement of this important agreement, starting with the concerned government sectors, the Mauritanian Federation of Employers, managers and managers of gas plants, as well as the Office of Domestic Butane Gas Distributors.

For her part, the Minister of Commerce and Tourism, Zainebou Ahmednah, stressed that the government is moving forward with the policy of stabilizing the prices of basic materials, including domestic gas bottles.

She added that the Ministry’s Consumer Protection Department is determined to stand against any speculation in the prices of basic commodities, while ensuring that they are provided in the markets, noting that the penalties and laws governing these measures are clear in this regard, and will be applied to all violators.

She thanked the parties concerned for providing this important material in a way that covers the growing needs of consumers, while maintaining a specific profit margin for both distributors and retailers.

For his part, the president of the Mauritanian Employers’ Federation, Mohamed Zine El Abidine Ould Cheikh Ahmed, said that the managers of gas factories, suppliers and the Office of the Distributors Association made strenuous efforts and made great sacrifices in order to respond and identify with the government’s effort to stabilize the prices of basic materials, including butane domestic gas.

He explained that factory managers and distributors agreed to leave a profit margin in favor of small sellers and retailers of at least 100 old  ouguiyas in the price of all sizes of gas bottles.

Zeidane Ould Hamida, president of the Gas Companies Association, confirmed that the national companies, at the request of the country’s higher authorities, the ministry in charge of the sector and the Ministry of Oil and Energy, agreed to supply the local market with gas as usual, and to stand in the face of any turmoil in the market.

For his part, the Secretary-General of the Office of Gas Distributors, Mr. Mohamed Ould Babah (Bidawiya), said that the institutions importing gas and the Office of Gas Distributors reached an agreement with the Ministry and government agencies on an agreement to fix the prices of domestic gas according to the following prices: large-sized gas bottles will reach the consumer at a price of 3000 old ouguiyas while medium-sized gas bottles will reach the consumer at a price of 1440 ouguiyas, and for the small bottle will reach the consumer at a price of 660 old ouguiyas old, pointing out in this regard Factory owners and distributors left an old 100 ouguiyas as a fixed profit margin for small sellers and retail shop owners.