{"id":1038,"date":"2014-05-16T11:51:12","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T08:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oilnewskenya.com\/?p=1038"},"modified":"2015-09-09T10:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T10:34:00","slug":"comparison-between-international-crude-oil-prices-murban-and-local-fuel-prices-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/comparison-between-international-crude-oil-prices-murban-and-local-fuel-prices-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Comparison between International crude oil prices (Murban) and local fuel prices (Kenya)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[twitter-follow screen_name=&#8217;oilnewskenya&#8217;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/international-crude-oil-prices1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1046\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/international-crude-oil-prices1.jpg?resize=550%2C377\" alt=\"International Crude Oil Prices\" width=\"550\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/international-crude-oil-prices1.jpg?w=550&amp;ssl=1 550w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/international-crude-oil-prices1.jpg?resize=300%2C206&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/super-petrol-prices-dec-may1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1047\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/super-petrol-prices-dec-may1.jpg?resize=537%2C313\" alt=\"Super Petrol Prices (Dec - May)\" width=\"537\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/super-petrol-prices-dec-may1.jpg?w=537&amp;ssl=1 537w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/super-petrol-prices-dec-may1.jpg?resize=300%2C175&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 537px) 100vw, 537px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/diesel-prices-dec-may1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/diesel-prices-dec-may1.jpg?resize=535%2C347\" alt=\"Diesel Prices (Dec - May)\" width=\"535\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/diesel-prices-dec-may1.jpg?w=535&amp;ssl=1 535w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/diesel-prices-dec-may1.jpg?resize=300%2C195&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kerosene-dec-may.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1042\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kerosene-dec-may.jpg?resize=393%2C257\" alt=\"Kerosene (Dec - May)\" width=\"393\" height=\"257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kerosene-dec-may.jpg?w=393&amp;ssl=1 393w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/kerosene-dec-may.jpg?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 393px) 100vw, 393px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comparison.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1045\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comparison.jpg?resize=506%2C336\" alt=\"Comparison\" width=\"506\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comparison.jpg?w=506&amp;ssl=1 506w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/comparison.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Crude oil price is in Dollars per Barrel while the rest is in Shillings per litre. The graph is meant to show the trend not the exact data. Hence it is very accurate. The crude oil prices have been reducing steadily over the months, while the petrol prices in the country have been increasing. Other than for a slight increase in January, Kerosine prices have been decreasing ever since. Diesel prices have been stable all through with almost insignificant changes in price.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;\">[twitter-follow screen_name=&#8217;oilnewskenya&#8217;]<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[twitter-follow screen_name=&#8217;oilnewskenya&#8217;] &nbsp; Crude oil price is in Dollars per Barrel while the rest is in Shillings per litre. The graph is meant to show the trend not the exact &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/comparison-between-international-crude-oil-prices-murban-and-local-fuel-prices-kenya\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[600,757,1158,1263,1301,2436],"class_list":["post-1038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prices","tag-diesel","tag-energy-regulatory-commission","tag-international-crude-oil-prices","tag-kenya-fuel-prices","tag-kerosene","tag-super-petrol","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/total.jpg?fit=316%2C159&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5JWkQ-gK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2917,"url":"https:\/\/www.oilnewskenya.com\/index.php\/maximum-fuel-prices-15th-may-14th-june-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":1038,"position":0},"title":"Maximum Fuel Prices 15th May &#8211; 14th June 2015","author":"","date":"May 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Energy Regulatory Commission The average landed cost of imported Diesel increased by 2.68% from US$ 566.29 per ton in March 2015 to US$ 581.49 per ton in April 2015. 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