Vehicles queue for service at a PTT petrol station on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road. Patipat Janthong
The Energy Policy Administration Committee (Epac) has decided to sell only diesel blended with 5% palm oil-derived methyl ester at petrol stations from this Saturday, instead of the 7% formula, as it is struggling to deal with soaring global oil prices.
The change does not decrease the diesel price, but should ease the government’s financial burden, as the state put a cap on diesel prices at 30 baht a litre since last year.
Called biodiesel B5 because of the 5% methyl ester mix, the fuel is a single-grade biodiesel that Epac estimates will be sold domestically until the end of…
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