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

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

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 JD0.930 per litre in March, compared with JD0.910 in February. The price of unleaded 95-octane gasoline will also go up to JD1.17 per litre in March, up from JD1.15 per litre in February.

Diesel will be sold at JD0.740, up from JD0.720 in February, according to the Jordan News Agency, Petra. 

The price of kerosene will remain unchanged in March 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 in accordance with international oil fluctuations.

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