Two new fuel stations, at Old Ghanem and Al Thameed, will be inaugurated this month itself, Woqod CEO Ibrahim Jaham al-Kuwari said.
The fuel station at Hamad International Airport (HIA) will open “very soon”, he explained in a statement issued to announce Woqod's third-quarter results.
In November, three more fuel stations will start operations. They are located at Mushaireb (on Al-Rayyan Road), Al-Mashaf (North of Al-Wukair) and Al-Rayyan (Qadeem).
Eight fuel stations at Al Muntaza, North Al Wakra, Madinat Shamal, Abu Nakhla (Salwa Road), Wadi Abu Saleel, Al Wukair, Al Khor and Lusail have almost been completed and are expected to start operations by the year-end.
The work on four other fuel stations - Um Ghwalina, Salatah Jadeed, Al Thumama and Jabal Teilib in Lusail City is progressing fast and these are expected to be completed in 2017.
Currently 40 fuel dispensing stations including the mobile terminals were operating in the country, and work was under way on a number of new projects across Qatar.
Woqod said four projects relating to fuel stations are in the “tendering and award” stage. These projects - Salatah Qadeema, Khaleej West, Al Kurana and Umm Qarn - are expected to be completed next year.
Three projects are in the “design and bidding stage.” They will be located at Madinat Mawatir, Education City and Ras Laffan. These projects are expected to be completed next year.
Woqod said the process of allocating land for more fuel stations is underway across the country. Woqod is coordinating with the Ministry of Municipality and Environment to allocate some 34 suitable locations to set up fuel stations so that most parts of Qatar are covered. The focus will be on the South Motorway and Doha Express road, Woqod said.
Seven more vehicle inspection centres will come up at Shehaniyah, Al-Khor, Al-Wukair, Al-Mazrooah, Madinat Shamal, Al-Wajba and Mesaimeer South. These are expected to be completed next year.
Recently, three vehicle inspection centres were opened at Wadi Al-Banat, Al-Mamoora and Al Wakra.
LPG sales (refilling and new) during the period (third quarter) grew by 5.7% and reached 1.2mn (metallic cylinders) and 646,000 (Shafaf cylinders -6 and 12 Kg).
The total volume of sales of petroleum products (diesel, gasoline and jet fuel) has increased by 11.4% during the third quarter of this year and reached 2.4mn litres compared to the same period last year.