Qatar Fuel (Woqod) said yesterday that it will soon open three Fahes vehicle inspection centres in Al Shahaniya, Al Khor, Al Wukair, which are pending final approval.
There are currently four other centres in allocation and approval stage in Mazroaa, Al Shamal City, Al Wajba and Mesaimeer areas.
Announcing Woqod’s financial results, Chief Executive Officer Saad Rashid Al Muhannadi said that Woqod is currently working on more than 22 new petrol station projects under construction, tendering, designing and approval stages.
Work is currently going on eight other stations Al Khor, Al Oqla, Wadi Basalil, Hamad International Airport East, New Slatah, Al Thumama, Lusail City (Jabal Thaileb) and Old Slatah. All these projects are expected to open this year. The tender and awarding procedures for six new stations are currently in progress in the following areas: West Bay 2, Umm Qarn, Al Mawateer City, Rawdat Al Hamama 2, Al Khuraitiyat and Azghwa. These projects are expected to be completed within a year .
There are eight projects in the design and approval phase in the following areas: Education City, Ras Laffan, Al Thumamah, Al Riffaa (Al Froush), Al Wakrah, Al Ghuwairiya and Mesaimeer South.
There are 28 sites in the process of allocation for petrol stations. There are four projects completed and 5 other projects underway in the areas of: Manasir / Muaither, West Bay, Wadi Al Banat, Al Seiliya and Mesaimeer East. These projects are expected to be completed during the current year 2017.
LPG sales (refilling and new) during the period grew by 14.4%. The sale of metallic cylinders declined to 750000 whereas Shaffaf cylinders (6 and 12 Kg) sales increased to more than 1.5 million cylinders as a result of the promotional campaign to replace metallic cylinders with Shaffaf cylinders. Woqod introduced the electronic payment system Woqod in January 2016. The system works through an electronic RFID chip tag fitted in the vehicle’s fuel tank. The number of tags installed during the first quarter of 2017 exceeded 11,672, an increase of 8% over the fourth quarter of 2016, bringing the total number of tags installed to 47,487 since the introduction of the service.
