Amman, Dec. 29 (Petra) – The Jordan Petroleum Refinery Company said water is not used at any stage of the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) supply chain, from production and import to storage and bottling at its gas filling facilities in Zarqa, Amman, and Irbid.

In a statement issued on Monday in response to a video circulating on social media showing water inside a gas cylinder, the company said it fills an average of 96,000 cylinders per day year-round on a single production line. Output rises during peak demand and cold weather to about 250,000 cylinders per day.

The company said all cylinders filled at its facilities contain LPG only and are free of water, noting that if the source of the water were the refinery, the issue would have appeared in thousands of cylinders filled on the same production line on the same day.

It added that it has no interest or incentive to fill cylinders with any substance other than LPG. It clarified that its responsibility for cylinders ends once they leave its filling stations.

The refinery said cylinders are subject to strict inspections by qualified technical staff before and after filling, and no cylinder is released unless it passes checks covering the cylinder body, valve, and the quantity of gas filled. Any cylinder found to be defective is immediately rejected.

The company advised citizens to ensure the shrink-wrap seal on the cylinder valve is intact before purchase and to check the hose, leak detector, and gas regulator during installation.

It added that complaints or inquiries related to gas cylinders can be submitted through its unified hotline at 06-222-1262.

//Petra// AJ