Results of the 3rd Quarter 2007 Energy Statistics

Information from the Statistics and Census Service indicated that in the third quarter of 2007, consumption of Electricity registered the largest growth among various forms of energy, up by 25.9% from the previous quarter and 30.0% year-on-year. This was followed by the consumption of Unleaded gasoline, up by 7.3% from the previous quarter and 17.9%
year-on-year. Meanwhile, consumption of Gas oil & diesel and Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) dropped by 7.6% and 7.4% respectively in comparison with the previous quarter. On the other hand, the list prices of all types of fuels in the third quarter registered increases from the previous quarter as a result of the continous surge of international crude oil prices. The prices of Fuel oil (200 litres) and Common kerosene rose notably by 6.4% and 6.2% respectively. Compared with the same quarter of last year, the list prices of bottled LPG and centralised LPG rose by 13.1% and 11.0% respectively. In terms of imports of fuels, imports of Gas oil & diesel in the third quarter grew by 31.3% compared with the previous quarter. Imports of Unleaded gasoline and Gas oil & diesel registered marked increase of 33.2% and 19.0% respectively year-on-year.