Article: Fuel consumption down by 10 per cent, NATION


The Nation (Thailand)
04-08-1998
THE country's fuel consumption has been reduced by 10 per cent during
the first couple of months this year amid the economic downturn.

Norawat Suwan, director-general of Commercial Registration Department,
said that during January and February the consumption of oil products plusliquified
petroleum gas (LPG) used in the petrochemical industry was 102 million
litres a day or 643,493 barrel a day, a reduction of 10 per cent year-to-year.

The consumption of high speed diesel and fuel oil, which represents
around 60 per cent of total energy consumption, has decreased continuously
since the country's economic meltdown.

During the first two months of ...

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