Fuel prices are expected to record an average 2.3 percentage points increment at the pumps starting today, February 1, 2024.
The projected increment is according to the Institute for Energy Securities (IES).
Per the IES, the marginal increase in the price of finished petroleum products is a result of the depreciation of the cedi.
“In the coming days, consumers going to the pumps are likely to see the following changes: an increase in the price of Gasoline [petrol] by 2%, 3% increase in the price of Gasoil [diesel] and a 2% increase in LPG price largely as a combined effect of the Ghana cedi depreciation and the international market price rise for the products,” IES said.
The projected price increment in petrol, diesel and LPG, gives an average price increment of 2.3%.
TOTAL, a leading OMC in the country is selling petrol and diesel for GHS 12.39 and GHS 13.19 respectively as of today, February 1, 2024.
World fuel market
According to the Global Standard & Poor (S&P) Platts platform, the price increment has been recorded for all refined petroleum products as of January 26, 2024.
Petrol closed trade at $800.84 per metric tonne. Diesel on the other hand traded at $807.14 per metric tonne, and LPG traded at $535.41 per metric tonne in the second pricing window for January 2024.
A comparative analysis of the refined price data indicates an increase of 2.93%, 4.79%, and 2.44% for petrol, diesel and LPG.
Local fuel market performance
The second pricing window saw some relative stability in diesel on the local fuels market.
The continuous monitoring of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) by the IES on the market revealed that prices remained unchanged for the two main liquid fuels in the first week of the pricing- window. However, few of them reviewed the price of petrol in the second week.
The price data gathered indicates that the price of petrol was reviewed downwards by an average of GH¢0.11 per litre whereas diesel and LPG prices remained unchanged.
The average prices of petroleum products were petrol-GH¢11.82, diesel-GH¢12.74 and LPG at GH¢13 per kilogramme (kg).
