Owing to increasing U.S. crude oil stockpiles, international fuel prices in the last two months have hit a new low. Consequently, the prices of gasoline and diesel were lowered by NT$0.8 and NT$0.9 respectively on Sunday night. Spurred by increases in U.S. crude oil stockpiles, international fuel prices over the last two months have fallen to a new low. At midnight on Sunday, the price of a liter of gasoline dropped NT$0.8 and the price of a liter of diesel fell NT$0.9. Taxi DriverI”ve added just enough petrol to use today because I”ll be working before midnight tonight. After midnight, I”ll fill up my taxi with even more petrol Taxi drivers have been most affected by the fall in oil prices. They usually need two petrol refills just for one day”s work of driving in the streets looking for passengers. If they use around 36 liters per day, they can save around NT$29 per day, while weekly savings amount to roughly NT$200. Under the new pricing regime, a liter of 92 unleaded is NT$26.3, a liter of 95 octane gasoline is NT$27.8, a liter of 98 unleaded gasoline is NT$29.8 and a liter of premium diesel stands at NT$24.1 Member of the PublicOf course for commuters who drive vehicles it will reduce their burden a little. Oil prices have recently fallen continuously for two weeks. Some people who want to save some money for themselves have recently been using self-service petrol stations without completely filling their tanks. They plan to add on more fuel on Monday.
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