Ghana: Petrol, Diesel Prices Jump As Cedi Depreciates

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Fuel prices have been increased marginally in the Republic of Ghana as a result of continuous depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi against the major international currencies especially US dollars.

A litre of petrol is now sold between Gh¢13.66 and Gh¢14.80 while diesel is sold between Gh¢14.39 and Gh¢14.92.

During the second pricing window which ended on June 30, a US dollar was exchanged for Gh¢15.27.

Data from the National Petroleum Authority, the petroleum downstream regulator, showed that the price of petrol declined to US$816.16 from US$851.73 per metric tonne while diesel price rose to Gh¢778.32 from US$749.70 per metric tonne for the first pricing window of July.

Crude oil prices also witnessed some increases, with WTI hovering around US$82.49 per barrel while Brent went up to US$87.10 per barrel.

Currently, GOIL is selling petrol (Ron 91) at Gh¢14.80 per litre while petrol (Ron 95) is sold at Gh¢15.94, with diesel being sold at Gh¢14.92 per litre.

Shell is selling both petrol and diesel at Gh¢14.84 per litre.

TotalEnergies is selling petrol at Gh¢14.80 while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.90 per litre.

Star Oil is selling petrol at Gh¢13.83 per litre while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.49 per litre.

Petrosol Ghana is selling petrol at Gh¢14.60 while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.85 per litre.

Puma is selling petrol at Gh¢14.45 per litre while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.60 per litre.

Allied is selling petrol at Gh¢13.65 while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.22 per litre.

Pacific is selling both petrol and diesel at Gh¢14.39 per litre.

Engen Ghana is selling petrol at Gh¢14.65 while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.85 per litre.

Benab is selling petrol at Gh¢13.66 while diesel is sold at Gh¢14.42 per litre.

 

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com