Tag: Diesel
Cabinet Extends Cost-of-Living Subsidies Another 3 Months
The Cabinet on Tuesday extended cost-of-living and energy subsidies for three more months. Announcing the resolution, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha said that the measures were...
Thai Oil Refiners Deny Profiteering Off Crude Crisis
Thai oil refiners are denying they’re profiteering off the current surge in fuel prices, saying a former finance minister’s claim that profits had increase...
Transport Co. to Eat Higher Fuel Cost, Freeze Fares
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Announcement comes day after bus lines threaten to cut service
Diesel to Rise to 33 Baht/Liter Tomorrow
The Oil Fuel Fund Office will raise the price of a liter of diesel fuel by one baht on May 31. Diesel will be a...
Gov’t Considers Further Diesel Tax Cut
The Finance Ministry is considering another cut the diesel excise tax to alleviate hardship caused by soaring fuel prices. The government cut the excise tax...
Thailand Reimposes Diesel Price Cap at ฿32 / Liter
Thailand has reimposed a price cap on diesel fuel, this time at 32 baht a liter, two baht above the cap that ended April...
Diesel Prices to Rise 2 Baht a Liter Sunday
The committee of the state Fuel Oil Fund resolved to start the gradual increase in the diesel price from May 1 with the first...
Truckers Threaten 20% Rate Increase If Diesel Price Cap Lifted
Truckers again are threatening disruptive protests and higher freight rates unless the government extends its costly subsidy on diesel fuel to keep retail prices...
Thailand Not Most Expensive Country for Diesel Fuel, and It’s Not Even Close
Thailand does not have the highest gas prices in the world. Not even close. That hasn’t stopped Thais from posting the lie to social media,...
Diesel Prices Seen Dropping After UAE Agrees to Increase Oil Output
Decreases in world crude prices should lower local fuel prices after a rise by 4-7 baht a liter over the past two weeks. Fuel prices...
Diesel Tax Cut ฿3, More Price Relief Plotted
The Energy Ministry is plotting additional measures to reduce fuel prices after the Cabinet approval three-month cut in the diesel excise tax. The Cabinet approved...
Truckers Roll into Bangkok Again, Demand Energy Minister Quit Over High Diesel Prices
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Gov't spokesman tells truckers to be grateful for ฿30/liter price cap
Diesel Price Cap Unsustainable, Oil Tax Cut Urged
Thailand should cut its excise tax on oil by two baht a liter to relieve pressure on the state Oil Fund, which has been...
Thailand Kills Biodiesel B10, Swaps in B5 With Less Palm Oil
The Energy Policy Administration Committee killed off biodiesel B10 and replaced it with biodiesel B5 due to palm oil prices. Energy Minister Supattanapong Punmeechaow, head...
Oil Palm Growers Demand All Diesel Sales Resume in April
Oil palm growers said they’ll give the government four months to resume selling three kinds of diesel fuel instead of the current one. Representatives of...
700 Big Rigs Roll Into Bangkok to Protest High Diesel Prices
About 700 big rigs rolled through Bangkok Tuesday to demand the government cap diesel-fuel prices at an unrealistic 25 baht. The tractor-trailers filled four routes...
Cap Diesel at ฿25 or 3,000 Trucks Overrun Bangkok, Driver Union Threatens PM
The Land Transport Federation will send written demands to the prime minister, demanding his government limit the price of diesel fuel at 25 baht...
Diesel Price Controls Costing Thailand ฿6 Billion Monthly
Already struggling under weight of pandemic loans, Thailand can't afford price caps much longer