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Fuel Market Updates: Petrol, Diesel, and CNG Costs

Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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Fuel Market Updates: Petrol, Diesel, and CNG Costs

Petrol, diesel, and CNG costs just hung there on Saturday, June 13th. Nothing changed officially. But behind the scenes, the oil market companies and those handling natural gas distribution keep tweaking things every morning at six, you know?

Still, those crude oil prices from West Asia, that crisis... that pushed petrol and diesel up by about seven and a half rupees per litre so far, according to the OMCs figures. It’s just a slow creep, maybe, but it adds weight.

The government did drop the export duty on fuel for the fortnight starting June 1st. That means some changes in the rates they take out of the country. Petrol was set at one point five per litre, diesel at thirteen point five, and aviation turbine fuel got a reduction to nine point five per litre. Simple numbers, but they matter when you’re looking at the cost inside.

Then there’s the gas situation. Domestic LPG prices jumped again. They hiked it by twenty-nine rupees, effective from June 7th. That was the second bump in three months. In Delhi, a standard fourteen point two-kilogram cylinder is now pushing ninety-four-two. Up from nine hundred thirteen.

Commercial users felt that too. They had already increased prices back on June 1st. A nineteen-kilogram cylinder there went up by forty-two rupees, landing at three thousand one hundred thirteen and fifty. It’s all moving around.

And the CNG side Mumbai saw a two rupee increase, pushing it to eighty-six per kilogram. That followed fifteen days of that same hike already happening. Domestic PNG gas too got more expensive in places like Delhi. Fifty paise more per standard cubit metre now. That puts the price at fifty-two. It’s becoming a real headache trying to track everything.

There was some talk about controlling retail access, though. An official order came out on Thursday. Industrial and commercial consumers are basically locked out of buying petrol and high-speed diesel from regular fuel stations right now. They have to go through bulk sale points or use their own pumps instead. This restriction is set for ninety days initially. It can be extended if the government decides it needs to be.

City by city, things varied still. Hyderabad was holding onto the top spot for petrol prices on May 25th at one hundred fifteen point sixty-nine per litre. Thiruvananthapuram followed that closely with one hundred fifteen point forty-nine.

But look at Chandigarh. They managed to keep their petrol price way down just ninety-eight point ten. Lucknow and New Delhi were also sitting relatively low compared to some of the bigger metro hubs, hovering around one hundred two point five for petrol in both places.

Diesel numbers tell a different story. Thiruvananthapuram led the pack there at one hundred four point four per litre. Hyderabad was right behind with one hundred three point eighty-two. Chandigarh, as expected, had the lowest diesel price among those cities, sitting at eighty-six point nine.

It’s all shifting around. A real mess of numbers you have to follow.</p

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

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