While some of them, especially the leading ones, including Total and Goil, had reduced their prices as of last Saturday, majority of the OMCs cut down their prices yesterday.
When the Daily Graphic visited some fuel stations in Accra yesterday, the new prices had been boldly displayed on the various boards at the fuel stations.
However, the reduction in the petroleum product prices differed from station to station.
Crude oil prices on the world market has been dropping from the region of $62 a barrel in the middle of June to around $46 a barrel as of yesterday.
Coupled with the recent strengthening in the value of the cedi, OMCs have made some savings which they could now pass on to the consuming public.
New prices
At the 37 Total filling station on the 37 Military Hospital road, petrol, which was previously sold for GH¢3.44 per litre , was being sold at GH¢3.26, as the current price while diesel, which sold at GH¢2.99, was selling at GH¢2.96.
Prices at the 37 Military Hospital branch of GOIL showed that petrol which was sold at GH¢3.42 per litre was selling at GH¢3.31, while a litre of diesel, which was sold at GH¢2.98, was selling at GH¢2.89.
At the Legon branch of Shell fuel station, the price of petrol had been reduced from GH¢3.34 to GH¢3.33 per litre, while diesel was selling at GH¢2.93, from the previous GH¢2.99 per litre.
Another fuel station at Legon, Oando, was selling petrol at GH¢3.30 and diesel at GH¢2.97.
The Lapaz branch of Fraga Oil was selling petrol at GH¢3.40, which was previously GH¢3.46 while diesel which was sold at GH¢3.10 was selling at GH¢2.970.
Also, Union fuel station at Darkuman was selling petrol at GH¢3.40, which was formerly GH¢3.42 while diesel was selling at GH¢2.99, which was GH¢3.03 previously.
Keep customers
Some of the managers of the fuel station, who spoke to the Daily Graphic, said the move was aimed at maintaining their customers since other companies had dropped their prices.
According to them, the reduction in the prices of petroleum would not affect their operations but rather enable them to gain more clients.
The supervisor at the 37 branch of GOIL station, Mr Philip Assan, said when fuel prices were increased, GOIL maintained its old prices until there was further increase in prices of petroleum products.
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