Petrol and diesel prices will be hiked at midnight on Tuesday, with oil having become more expensive due to stronger Chinese demand, the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy has confirmed.
Unleaded petrol (both 93 and 95 octanes) will increase by 28 cents a litre, while diesel will be hiked by between one cent to around nine cents a litre.
Fuel
Price change
Petrol 93
increase of 28 cents per litre
Petrol 95
increase of 28 cents per litre
Diesel 0.05%
increase of 9 cents per litre
Diesel 0.005%
increase of 1 cent per litre
Illuminating Paraffin (wholesale)
increase of 58 cents per litre
LPGAS
increase of 140 cents per kilogram
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The changes will come into effect from midnight on Tuesday, 31 January.
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This is how the expected price changes will reflect at the pumps (Inland and Coastal):
