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The crude oil price is now close to US$50 per barrel. The price of natural gas has plunged since July 2008. Coal, which at one time was US$192/tonne, is now hovering around US$80/tonne.
Earlier when the prices were soaring, Tenaga Nasional hiked its electricity tariffs on 1 July 2008.
The electricity tariff hike was to cover the [...]
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The global crude oil price is now US$36 barrel. In contrast, the local pump price is still relatively high at RM1.80/litre – despite a fifth reduction in price on 15 December since a 41 per cent hike in June.
It’s obvious that the pump price is now higher than the real market price; in other words, [...]
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Let’s update the chart which Ong Eu Soon prepared:
Petrol price
Global crude
RM/litre
US$/barrel
01/10/00
1.20
35
20/10/01
1.30
20
01/05/02
1.32
26
31/10/02
1.33
28
01/03/03
1.35
31
01/05/04
1.37
38
01/10/04
1.42
47
05/05/05
1.52
48
30/07/05
1.62
57
26/02/06
1.92
63
05/06/08
2.70
120
17/11/08
2.00
55
2/12/08
1.90
48