Energy Ministry cracks down on unlicensed trade

RIYADH: The Ministry of Energy’s inspection teams conducted 10,746 inspections last month, detecting 847 violations of the Law of Petroleum and Petrochemical Products and the Law on the Distribution of Dry Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas for Residential and Commercial Purposes. The violations included unlicensed petroleum and petrochemical activities, unlicensed retail sales of LPG cylinders, non-compliance with approved gas tariffs, transporting and selling petroleum products through unlicensed