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Doha - Qatar Petroleum (QP) today announced the petrol and diesel prices for March.
QP has reduced the price for super and premium grade petrol.
The price list on QP website showed that premium grade petrol will cost QR1.60 per litre in March, that is 15 dirhams less than the price in February and Super will be available for QR1.65 per litre, a reduction of 20 dirhams as compared with last month.
Diesel will cost 20 dirhams less in March. Diesel is priced at QR1.70 per litre.
QP had not changed the price for premium grade petrol and diesel in September, October and November while the price went up by 5 dirhams in December. It remained unchanged again in January.
When the first list was announced in June 2016 the premium petrol was QR1.20 per litre, super QR1.30 per litre and diesel QR1.40 per litre.
In April 2016, the Ministry of Energy and Industry had started pegging the fuel prices to the international market and from September 2017, it is Qatar Petroleum who is announcing the monthly price list.
