UAE to raise gasoline, diesel costs in May
4/28/2016 12:00:00 AM
DUBAI, April 28 (Reuters) -- The United Arab Emirates will raise domestic prices for gasoline and diesel in May after global oil prices increased, the ministry of energy said on Thursday.
The price of a liter of octane 95 gasoline will rise to 1.67 dirhams (46 US cents) at the start of next month from 1.51 dirhams. The domestic diesel price will increase to 1.60 dirhams from 1.56 dirhams.
Last July, the UAE said it was shifting from a system of fixed, subsidized fuel prices to adjusting prices monthly in response to global trends.
It did not reveal details of its new formula nor say whether subsidies would be removed entirely, but announced that fuel prices would be "based on the average global prices with the addition of operating costs".
(Reporting by Andrew Torchia; Editing by Alexander Smith)
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