Woqod (Qatar Fuel) is urging consumers using domestic LPG metal cylinders to shift to the lightweight and transparent Shafaf cylinders, which are readily available at Woqod gas stations and several other outlets. “The executive management of Woqod has decided to replace the metal cylinders with Shafaf,” Woqod chairman Sheikh Saoud bin Abdulrahman al-Thani told Gulf Times yesterday.

Speaking on the sidelines of Woqod’s annual general meeting yesterday, he explained that consumers replacing a metal cylinder for Shafaf will get a “bonus” of QR100.  

Sheikh Saoud said Woqod does not have any facility to manufacture Shafaf cylinders, but the executive management had been instructed to propose to the board of directors a feasibility study on constructing Shafaf plants in Doha.

In terms of other investments, the chairman disclosed that their prime focus is to diversify some of Woqod’s portfolio locally or internationally besides opening more gas stations, retail outlets and technical car inspection centres. 

Sheikh Saoud said 2015 will be a challenging year for Woqod as they have to maintain profitability, but also stressed that they are not focusing on only profitability. 

“As a shareholding company, we are also customer-oriented. We need to make sure our customer is satisfied with our services that we provide to them,” he explained. “We would like the people to be patient with our services as we are improving ourselves today to meet certain criteria.” 

The annual general meeting also covered the objectives and achievements of Woqod in 2014 and the strategies it would undertake in the coming year.

[Gulf Times]