Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/12/24
By: Huang Ya-chuan and Evelyn Kao
Taipei, Dec. 24 (CNA) State-owned oil refiner CPC Corp., Taiwan announced Sunday that it
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will increase domestic gasoline and diesel prices by NT$0.1 (US$0.0033) per liter, starting at midnight, in the wake of rising international crude oil prices.
After the adjustment, prices at CPC gas stations nationwide will be NT$24.2 per liter for super diesel, NT$26.4 per liter for 92 octane unleaded, NT$27.9 per liter for 95 unleaded and NT$29.9 per liter for 98 unleaded, the company said.
CPC said that international oil prices surged slightly over the past week, lifted by a rise in Brent crude futures, the international benchmark for oil prices, to US$64.90 per barrel, the highest since July 2015. [FULL STORY]