Esso becomes second company to raise petrol prices on Oct 22, third this week

Esso became the second major fuel company in Singapore to raise its petrol prices on Thursday (Oct 22) .

Its 3-cent per litre hike across its petrol offerings, while keeping its price of diesel unchanged, mirrored adjustments posted by Shell in the morning and Caltex a day earlier .

AsiaOne had reported earlier that this week's adjustments mark the first fuel hikes in consecutive weeks since Sept 14, when rates rose again after more than two weeks .

Since then, and until this week, price hikes had been posted every alternate week.

Chandra Asri-owned Esso's latest adjustment comes just slightly over a week after another 3-cent hike on Oct 13 .

As compared to its rates before Sept 14, Esso's 95-octane petrol price has now risen by 23 cents.

The price of the more popular 95-octane petrol now ranges from $3.56 at SPC to $3.60 at Caltex, Esso and Shell.

Over the past six weeks, the three companies have been the first to post adjustments, followed by Chinese state-owned Sinopec, then SPC.

Meanwhile, Cnergy and Smart Energy are still offering the petrol grade at $2.69 per litre and $2.62 per litre respectively.

Across the Causeway, Government-controlled prices for unsubsidised Ron95, Ron97 and diesel fell for a second consecutive week due to expectations of increased fuel supplies from China, supported by exports from other Asian countries such as South Korea.

Global oil prices rose on Oct 22

Oil prices rose on Thursday as fresh Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia prompted the US to order some diplomats and family members to leave its missions in the kingdom.

In the morning, Brent crude futures rose US$1.29, or 1.2 per cent, to US$110.01 a barrel, while US West Texas Intermediate crude gained 97 cents, or one per cent, to US$98.12.

埃索于周四（10月22日）成为新加坡第二家提高汽油价格的主要燃料公司。

该公司汽油价格每升上涨 3 分，柴油价格保持不变，与壳牌早上公布的价格调整以及加德士前一天公布的价格调整相呼应。

AsiaOne 此前报道称，本周的调整标志着自 9 月 14 日以来燃油价格连续两周上涨，当时油价在两周多后再次上涨。

从那以后，直到本周，价格上涨几乎每隔一周就会出现一次。

Chandra Asri 旗下的埃索石油公司此次调整油价，距离 10 月 13 日上调 3 分油价仅仅一周多一点。

与 9 月 14 日之前的价格相比，埃索 95 号汽油的价格现在上涨了 23 分。

目前更受欢迎的 95 号辛烷值汽油的价格从 SPC 的 3.56 美元到 Caltex、Esso 和 Shell 的 3.60 美元不等。

在过去的六周里，这三家公司率先发布了调整公告，随后是中国国有企业中国石化，然后是SPC。

与此同时，Cnergy 和 Smart Energy 仍然分别以每升 2.69 美元和 2.62 美元的价格提供汽油。

在长堤另一侧，由于预期中国将增加燃料供应，加上韩国等其他亚洲国家的出口，政府控制的非补贴汽油95号、97号和柴油价格连续第二周下降。

10月22日，全球油价上涨

周四，由于沙特阿拉伯境内胡塞武装发动新的袭击，促使美国下令部分外交官及其家属离开其在沙特的使团，油价上涨。

早上，布伦特原油期货上涨1.29美元，涨幅1.2%，至每桶110.01美元；美国西德克萨斯中质原油期货上涨97美分，涨幅1%，至每桶98.12美元。