Diesel, unleaded 90-, 95-octane gas to see price bump in August

AMMAN — The Ministry of Energy's fuel pricing committee on Wednesday decided to increase the prices of diesel, and unleaded 90- and 95-octane gasoline, while maintaining the price of kerosene for August.

Based on fuel price increases in the international market over the last month, the committee decided that the price of unleaded 90-octane gasoline will be raised to JD0.920 per litre in July, compared with JD0.900 in June.

The price of unleaded 95-octane gasoline will also go up to JD1.160 per litre in July, up from JD1.140 in June.

Diesel will be sold at JD0.715, up from JD0.705 in June, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra.

The price of kerosene will remain unchanged in April and will continue to be sold at JD0.620 per litre. The price of gas cylinders, of 12.5 kg., will also remain at JD7 as is customary, according to the committee’s decision.

The committee assembles monthly over-price modifications following international oil fluctuations.

Also on Wednesday, the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission (EMRC) decided to maintain the “differences in fuel prices” category on monthly electricity bills for April at zero fils per kilowatt-hour (kWh), Petra added.