DIESEL USE HITS RECORD
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Thailand’s daily consumption of diesel hit a record high of 68.96 million litres in March, due to higher economic growth on the back of improved exports and the rising numbers of cars, according to Department of Energy Business’s deputy director-general Usa Ponglukna.
In March 2017, diesel use was recorded at 68.9 million litres per day.
Meanwhile, daily base diesel consumption was 1.287 million litres in March, lower than the 1.81 million litres in the same period of last year, due to the switch of some manufacturers and marine vessel operators to other types of cheaper fuel.
In the first quarter of this year, daily diesel consumption averaged at 67 million litres, up 3.9 per cent from the same period of last year, while petrol averaged 30.8 million litres, up 4.7 per cent from the same period of last year.
