Petrol prices on Saturday, August 12, remained unchanged in Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai, among other major cities. In Delhi, the petrol price stood at Rs 96.72 per litre and the diesel price was at Rs 89.62 per litre. In Mumbai, petrol was selling at Rs 106.31 per litre and diesel was at Rs 94.27 per litre.
In Kolkata, the per-litre petrol price was at Rs 106.03 and that of diesel stood at Rs 92.76. In Chennai, the petrol price was at Rs 102.63 per litre and diesel was at Rs 94.24 per litre. In Noida, petrol was selling at Rs 96.79 per litre and diesel at Rs 89.96 per litre. In Gurugram, people were buying per-litre petrol at Rs 97.18 and diesel at Rs 90.05.
Among other cities, in Lucknow, petrol was at Rs 96.20 per litre and diesel at Rs 89.37 per litre. In Patna, petrol stood at Rs 107.24 per litre and diesel at Rs 94.04 per litre. Petrol in Bhopal was at Rs 108.65 and diesel was at Rs 93.90. In Chandigarh, petrol was selling at Rs 96.20 a litre and diesel was at Rs 84.26 a litre.
Oil prices edged higher on Friday after the International Energy Agency forecast record global demand and tightening supplies, propelling prices to the seventh straight week of gains, the longest such streak since 2022, according to Reuters.
Brent crude futures rose 41 cents, or 0.5%, to settle $86.81 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures gained 37 cents, or 0.5%, to settle at $83.19. On a weekly basis, both benchmarks rose about 0.5%.
The IEA estimated that global oil demand hit a record 103 million barrels per day in June and could scale another peak this month.
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