Saudi Arabia’s Cabinet has approved a recommendation from the Shoura Council for Saudi Aramco to build petrol pipelines to Riyadh.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman on Monday at Al-Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Adel Al-Toraifi, Minister of Culture and Information, told State news agency SPA.
The Cabinet also ordered that all petrol stations must have at least a 20-day reserve of fuel.
Moreover, the SPA report said that Aramco has also been asked to set up new stations in remote rural areas.
The ministers also discussed finding alternative energy sources for consumers in the Kingdom, Al-Toraifi said, in an apparent move to reduce costs of producing energy from conventional sources.
The ministers further decided that the King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy should hold discussions with Brazil on developing nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
