Petrol sales up 5.7%, Diesel down 1.5% in the first fortnight of September

The demand for diesel stayed weak while petrol continued its solid recovery in the first fortnight of September.

Diesel sales in the first half of September were 1.5% less than in the same period last year and nearly 7% below that of September 2019, as per preliminary sales data from state-run oil companies, which control about 90% of the fuel retail market. Consumption of petrol surged 5.7% year on year and 8.3% above the pre-Covid level of 2019.