Thai imports, consumption of oil down in first five months

Crude oil imports and local consumption of oil products dropped significantly between January and May of this year, a senior Thai official said today.

Viraphol Jirapraditkul, deputy director general of Energy Policy and Planning Office, said the consumption of diesel during the first five months of 2006 declined 8.9 per cent from the corresponding period of last year to 53.1 million litres per day, a drop of 11 consecutive months since last July, while consumption of benzene, both premium and regular, declined 2.2 per cent to 19.7 million litres daily.

ETNA