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Gas prices up $4.50, diesel up $4.50

Published:Wednesday | August 2, 2023 | 2:13 PM
Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices. - File photo

The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, has announced increases in the prices of all its products, effective Thursday.

E-10 87 is to move up by $4.50 to sell for $179.95 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will also go up by $4.50 to sell for $184.46.

Automotive diesel oil will move up by $4.50 per litre to sell for $171.03.

Ultra low sulphur diesel will sell for $179.14 per litre following an increase of $4.50.

The price of Kerosene will go up by $4.50 with that fuel to sell for $178.23.

In the meantime, propane cooking gas will go up by $2.48 to sell for $64.05, while butane will move up by $2.48 to sell for $71.88 per litre.

Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices.

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