Thai diesel prices rise another 3.50 baht
published : 2 Apr 2026 at 07:42
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Diesel prices will rise another 3.50 baht a litre to 44.24 baht — 48% higher than a month ago — at service stations across Thailand on Thursday morning.
PTT and Bangchak announced that prices for all grades of petrol would be increased by 1.20 baht per litre, also from 5am Thursday. Other fuel retailers were expected to follow their lead.
The diesel increase was announced late Wednesday after the Oil Fuel Fund committee reduced the subsidy for the fuel from 22.89 baht to 17.78 baht per litre.
Diesel now costs 14.30 baht per litre more than it did on Feb 28, the day Israel and the United States started bombing Iran, setting off a regional war that has caused major disruptions to energy supplies worldwide.
The pump price of B20 biodiesel was also increased by 3.50 baht, to 39.24 baht per litre after the subsidy was cut to 20.12 baht.
Vocabulary
- diesel (n): a heavy oil used as fuel in engines -
- disruption: a situation in which something cannot continue because of a problem - การขัดขวาง, การหยุดชะงัก
- fuel: any material that produces heat or power, usually when it is burnt - เชื้อเพลิง
- grade (noun): a level of quality of importance; class, rank, standard - ระดับ, ระดับคะแนน, เกรด
- pump: a piece of equipment for making a liquid or gas move into or out of something - เครื่องสูบ(น้ำ etc.)
- retailer: a person or company that sells goods directly to the public for their own use - ผู้ขายปลีก
- subsidy: an amount of money that a government or organisation pays to help to reduce the cost of a product or service - เงินชดเชยที่รัฐเป็นผู้จ่ายให้
