Maldives Gas restores full cylinder weights as supply difficulties ease

Maldives Gas, a subsidiary of the State Trading Organization (STO), said the temporary change made to the amount of gas filled into cooking gas cylinders has been removed, and that gas will be supplied from tomorrow at the same amount as before. The amount of gas filled into the company's cooking gas cylinders was temporarily reduced because of the increase in the price of gas in the world market and the difficulties in importing gas into the Maldives, in order to supply gas to customers without interruption. With the change in the amount of gas filled, the company was charging based on the weight of the gas filled into the cylinder. The company said today that the difficulties faced in supplying gas have been resolved, and that from tomorrow gas will be available in the weights it had previously been supplying. Maldives Gas said it will always work to provide service in a manner that is as easy and convenient as possible for customers. Earlier, when difficulties were faced in obtaining gas in the early part of last February, Maldives Gas had sold seven-kilogram gas cylinders in place of the 10-kilogram gas it was then selling. That matter was later resolved. Maldives Gas said work that needs to be done to increase the amount of gas that can be stored in the Maldives, so that such things do not happen in the future, is already being carried out. The company said that once this project is completed, three months' worth of gas can be stored at once.