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Woqod Floats Tenders for Orbital Road Fuel
Stations, and Starts Operation of 30 Additional Stations During
2018
Woqod to also Increase Fuel Dispensers by 50% by the
End of 2018 In Comparison With 2017
September 11, 2018
Eng. Saad Rashed Al Muhannadi, CEO of Qatar
Fuel (Woqod) said that, the company has recently floated tenders
for the construction of (4) fuel stations on the Orbital Highway
and the new truck road connecting Mesaieed, Hamad Port, Dukhan,
Lusail and Al- Khor after coordination with the Urban Planning
Department of the Ministry of Municipality & Environment, the
Public Works Authority (Ashghal) and the Ministry of Transport
and Communications in the selection of sites for those stations.
The sites have been allocated large areas up
to 20,000 m2 for the service of cars and trucks, and
also an extra area of 20,000 m2 has been allocated
adjacent to the petrol station to be used for parking and rest
area, taking into consideration the design of the stations, the
separation of entrances and exits as well as internal movement
between cars and trucks for ease of traffic and to ensure smooth
and easy provision of the required services at the stations. The
design also has taken into account all the security and safety
standards in accordance with the requirements, specifications
and standards in force in the State of Qatar.
Eng. Al-Muhannadi added that the company has
opened and operated 8 stations during the past months of this
year 2018. The construction work is underway for another 26
permanent and mobile stations, most of which will be opened by
the end of this year 2018.
The stations at the following areas are on the verge of
completion; namely (Fareej Kulaib, Old Slata, Lusail City- Fox
Hill, Hamad International Airport, Rawdat Al-Hamama,
Kharaitiyat, Al Gharrafa (Zaghawa), Wholesale Market, Mesaimeer
South, Al-Wakra, Al-Thumama, Al-Froosh,
Al-Aziziyah, Umm Ebairiya, Wadi Aba Saleel, Al Messila,
West Bay and Onaiza-3). Woqod is ensuring the increase of
dispensers in new stations. Hence, the number of fuel dispensers
is expected to be increased by 50% by the end of 2018, in
comparison with the year 2017.
Qatar Fuel is targeting the achievement of a
total number of 120 fuel stations by the end of 2020.
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