Priset på gas i Thailand är f.n. kraftigt subventionerat. Något som knappast kommer att bestå någon länge tid. Höjningar är redan aviserade, men div protester har i viss mån hållit tillbaka prisökningarna.
Gas lär dock förbli billigare än bensin. Även om skillnaden inte kommer att bli lika stor som i dag.
Från The Nation 14/1
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The government intends to adjust the price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) starting from Monday as LPG cost will gradually increase to US$614 per tonne (Bt19,500) in 2016 from the current $450 and the government won't be able to bear the burden, according to the Energy Policy and Planning Office and PTT.
[size=2]Vachara Kunawatanawuti, PTT executive vice president, yesterday said PTT had hired Deloitte to do a study about the future LPG marginal cost from 2010 until 2016. According to the study, based on the global oil price of more than $100 per barrel, LPG cost in 2012 would be around $533 per tonne. The expected cost from 2013-2016 would be: $568, $580, $595, and $614, respectively. The government now has fixed the purchasing price of LPG at $333 per tonne. As a result, PTT, the LPG seller, has to shoulder the cost of LPG and face losses every year. Hence, the government has decided to float the LPG price starting from Monday. "[/size]