THE commercial oil brand of Chevron Philippines Inc. has joined other oil companies that offer fuel discounts to medical staff, uniformed personnel, government workers, and even to delivery riders as part of its effort to provide relief to those in the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Caltex Philippines offers a P4.00 per liter (L) discount on gasoline and a P2.00/L discount on diesel during the extended enhanced community quarantine from April 16 to 30.
The fuel discounts are available at participating Caltex stations across the country.
San Miguel Corp’s Petron Corp. also launched discounts for its petroleum products. Qualified customers can have a P3.00/L off on gasoline and a P2.00/L off on diesel.
Meanwhile, Unioil Petroleum Philippines Inc. extended its fuel discounts to include delivery riders. So-called “frontliners” availing Unioil Euro5 diesel, Unioil Euro 5 gasoline 91, and Unioil Euro5 gasoline 95 and 97 are entitled to P2.50/L, P3/L, and P5/L discounts, respectively.
Seaoil Philippines Inc. earlier introduced P5/L cut on gasoline and P3/L cut on diesel for frontline workers as well.
This week, Philippine oil companies introduced mixed movements on their prices of petroleum products after six consecutive weeks of rollbacks. On average, gasoline prices went up by P0.55/L and diesel up by P0.15/L, while kerosene prices were cut by P0.20/L. — Adam J. Ang
