The recently discovered cases of gasoline contamination originated from a shipment with sulphur levels exceeding the permitted limit, said Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly during his weekly press conference.

He further explained that the inspection of imported refined gasoline and diesel is carried out by private laboratories that are not affiliated with the state.

Madbouly added that President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has directed taking legal actions, including financial penalties, against those responsible for this problem.

The Minister of Petroleum, Karim Badawi, presented the President with a plan to implement a new system to avoid the recurrence of this problem in the future, according to Madbouly..

In the first half of May, there were widespread complaints of contaminated gasoline causing damage to vehicles, particularly fuel pumps. The Egyptian Ministry of Petroleum analyzed more than 800 fuel samples from stations identified by consumers as sources of contaminated fuels. The ministry found five non-compliant samples and vowed to give LE2000 compensation to motorists harmed by the substandard fuel.