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Tuesday, May 14, 2024

Fuel consumption up 13.5% last year

Motorcyclists top up at a petrol station in Bangkok. (Photo: Chanat Katanyu)

Domestic fuel consumption rose 13.5% year-on-year last year on the country’s reopening and improving Covid-19 situation, the Department of Energy Business reported.

Director-general Nanthika Thangsupanich said on Tuesday that resumed land and air traffic as the country reopened and eased Covid measures was a major factor in lifting fuel consumption.

Last year domestic fuel consumption averaged 151.16 million litres per day (MLD), up 13.5% from 133.15 MLD in 2021.

Consumption went up by 3.9% to 30.16 MLD for petrol, 15.7% to 73.05 MLD for diesel and 88% to 9.14 MLD for jet fuel.

The annual increase was 5.9% to 17.5 MLD for liquefied petroleum gas, 8.9% to…

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