The Malagasy Hydrocarbons Office (OMH) is imposing new restrictions. The purchase of fuel in portable containers is now strictly limited.
The OMH is tightening rules on purchasing fuel in mobile containers. Across the country, the purchase of super fuel and diesel outside of a vehicle’s tank, particularly in drums or jerrycans, is now subject to a limit set by an OMH circular dated July 9. It specifies: “The maximum authorized volume is limited to a daily quantity of 100 liters per buyer, for all products combined.”
This 100-liter cap applies to all buyers without exception. However, the decision specifically targets “large clients.” “This measure had to be taken because professional clients (B2B) are sourcing fuel directly from service stations. However, prices there are subsidized, which significantly increases the state’s debt,” explains the OMH. Currently, there is a gap between the price displayed at the pump and the calculated reference price (PRC), the theoretical real fuel rate calculated automatically each month based on international barrel prices and exchange rates.
At the real price
“Large clients,” whose supply should normally be delivered directly by distributors, must pay for their fuel at the real market price. “To preserve their profitability, some companies bypass the normal circuit and buy their fuel directly at service stations.”
The OMH indicates that presenting supporting documents no longer grants the right to exceed this threshold at service stations, and managers and pump attendants have a legal obligation to refuse to deliver any cumulative volume exceeding 100 liters in mobile containers to the same client. The OMH announces the intensification of surprise inspections across the national network. “Any failure to comply with these provisions will expose the service station operator as well as the distribution company to administrative and financial sanctions provided for by current regulations, which may go as far as the temporary suspension or permanent withdrawal of the operating certificate of the service station concerned,” the agency warns.
This decision comes amid the new closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which could once again disrupt fuel supply. The OMH reassures that “there is no supply problem. An oil tanker just set sail on July 7, and another vessel is expected before the end of the month.”
Captured & Published at: 2026-07-13 21:33:44 (Madagascar Local Time EAT)
Original Source: https://www.lexpress.mg/2026/07/energie-lomh-plafonne-les-ventes-de.html
