News August 26 2026

Gas prices up

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Motorists will pay more for gas come Thursday.

The state-owned oil refinery, Petrojam, says E-10 87 is to move up by $0.26 to sell for $206.06 per litre and a litre of E-10 90 will go up by $0.29 to sell for $213.76.

Automotive diesel oil will move up by $2.94 per litre to sell for $236.44.

The price of ultra low sulphur diesel remains unchanged this week and will sell for $253.58 per.

Kerosene will go down by $0.25, to sell for $204.66.

In the meantime, propane cooking gas will go up by $0.24 to sell for $77.53, while butane will move up by $0.99 to sell for $86.91 per litre.

Retailers will add their mark-ups to the announced prices.

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