Beijing plans to shut down 144 petrol stations by the end of May. That is about 10% of the city’s total. The idea is to help clean up its air before the August Olympic games, state media.

These gas stations, and nine oil depots, are mostly owned by China’s state oil major Sinopec and by CNPC.

The oil facilities, mostly in outlying areas, are either too costly to run or fail to meet air quality regulations.

All the petrol stations in the capital city will have until the end of May to install equipment, costing about RMB600,000 ($83,680) apiece, to capture emissions from vehicles.

The city has 1,442 petrol stations.
Source: Reuters