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Energy Prices and Market Shifts: Petrol, Diesel, and CNG Rates

Saturday, June 20, 2026
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Energy Prices and Market Shifts: Petrol, Diesel, and CNG Rates

Petrol, diesel, and CNG prices stuck where they were on Saturday, June 20th. Nothing moved officially.

But behind that stillness, things were shifting. Oil market companies and those handling gas distribution keep tweaking rates every morning at six a.m., trying to keep pace with whatever’s happening globally.

Still, the underlying pressure was there. Petrol and diesel had already seen bumps around seven and a half rupees per litre increase so far, driven by that ongoing West Asia situation rattling the crude oil market.

Crude itself cooled down further. It settled closer to that pre-war level of seventy-five dollars a barrel. This followed news about the US and Iran signing some interim peace deal. A pause in the conflict finally eased the global energy crisis that had been gripping everyone for months.

The government, meanwhile, was making moves on exports. They hiked the export duty on diesel and aviation turbine fuel but left petrol export levies alone. For the fortnight starting June 16th, you saw changes: diesel duties jumped to fourteen rupees per litre from thirteen point five, and ATF exports got a bump too twelve point five from nine point five. Petrol export duty? Still sitting at one point five.

Then there’s domestic stuff. LPG cylinder prices took another hit. They were raised by twenty-nine rupees with effect from June 7th. That was the second hike in just three months. For Delhi, a standard fourteen-point-two kilogram cylinder now cost ninety-four two rupees instead of ninety-one three.

Commercial rates also shifted earlier. A nineteen-kilogram cylinder in Delhi saw its cost jump by forty-two rupees, landing at three thousand one hundred thirteen point five zero.

CNG prices followed suit elsewhere. In Mumbai, they crept up by two rupees, reaching eighty-six per kilogram. And domestic PNG gas? It got costlier by fifty paise to fifty-two per standard cubit metre. A slow but steady squeeze everywhere.

Looking at the city specific rates, things were definitely uneven across the board.

In Hyderabad, petrol was still leading the pack on May twenty-fifth, sitting at one hundred fifteen point six nine per litre. Thiruvananthapuram trailed close behind with one hundred fifteen point four nine.

But if you looked at diesel prices, that picture flipped around a bit. Thiruvananthapuram actually recorded the highest rate there, hitting one hundred four point four zero per litre. Hyderabad was right behind it, sitting at one hundred three point eight two. Chandigarh managed to keep things relatively low for diesel, with their price standing at eighty-six point zero nine per litre the lowest among the places we checked.

And petrol? There was a clear spread there too. Chandigarh held the line, keeping its rate at ninety-eight point ten per litre. Lucknow and New Delhi were also cheaper relative to some of the bigger metros, with prices around one hundred two point zero five and one hundred two point twelve respectively. It just shows how much regional differences still matter when the global market is in flux.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

Gree News Team covers international news and global affairs at Gree News. Our collective of senior editors is dedicated to providing independent, accurate, and responsible journalism for a global audience.

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