Jordan Raises Octane 90 Petrol 30 Fils to 1,080 a Litre, Keeps Diesel and Kerosene Fixed
Jordan’s Oil Derivatives Pricing Committee raised Octane 90 petrol by 30 fils to 1,080 fils a litre for November and kept the prices of diesel and kerosene unchanged.
For Jordanian motorists and households, November raises petrol and freezes the rest. Octane 90 edges closer to what it costs to supply, while diesel and kerosene, which the committee ties to transport, production and heating, stay below their costs. In The Edge’s reading, the committee is narrowing the Octane 90 gap a step at a time and leaving the diesel and kerosene gaps to the state, which it says has borne an estimated JOD 290 million in support and price differences since the start of the crisis.
The committee, which meets monthly, announced the prices on Saturday 31 October, effective from 1 November. Its statement was published by the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and carried by the Jordan News Agency (Petra).
Both petrol grades rise while three prices stay put
Octane 95 rises by 15 fils a litre to 1,375 fils. It sold for 1,360 fils in October.
Measured on October’s prices, Octane 90 rises 2.9% and Octane 95 rises 1.1%. The gap between the two grades therefore narrows to 295 fils a litre, from 310 fils.
Diesel stays at 900 fils a litre and kerosene at 550 fils. Kerosene, the cheapest fuel in the table, now sells for 350 fils a litre less than diesel and 530 fils less than Octane 90.
The household gas cylinder of 12.5 kg stays at JOD 7. That works out at 560 fils a kilogram.
Support for liquefied petroleum gas used by industry continues, worth up to JOD 2.4 million in November. The October statement set the industrial support at up to JOD 1.8 million, so the November ceiling is 33.3% higher.
Jordan fuel prices (in fils a litre)
| Product | Nov | Oct | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octane 90 | 1,080 | 1,050 | +30 |
| Octane 95 | 1,375 | 1,360 | +15 |
| Diesel | 900 | 900 | 0 |
| Kerosene | 550 | 550 | 0 |
Retail prices effective 1 November and 1 October 2026, as set by the Oil Derivatives Pricing Committee. The 12.5 kg household gas cylinder is JOD 7 in both months.
Kerosene sells at 52.5% of its expected cost
The committee says domestic prices follow the average of world prices over the 30 days before each pricing day. The government, it adds, continues to carry a large part of the difference between actual costs and local selling prices.
On the data available at the decision, the committee puts the expected actual cost of Octane 90 at 1,132.1 fils a litre. The new price of 1,080 fils leaves a gap of 52.1 fils. The pump price therefore covers 95.4% of the cost.
Diesel’s expected cost is 1,034.3 fils a litre against a price of 900 fils. The gap is 134.3 fils, and the price covers 87.0% of the cost.
Kerosene carries the widest gap. Its expected cost of 1,047.8 fils a litre is 1.9 times its price. The difference is 497.8 fils, and the 550-fil price recovers 52.5% of the cost.
Kerosene now costs 13.5 fils a litre more to supply than diesel, yet it sells for less.
Expected cost and price, November (in fils a litre)
| Product | Cost | Price | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| Octane 90 | 1,132.1 | 1,080 | 52.1 |
| Diesel | 1,034.3 | 900 | 134.3 |
| Kerosene | 1,047.8 | 550 | 497.8 |
Expected actual costs on the data available at the 31 October decision, as stated by the committee; the gap is cost minus the November price.
Diesel’s gap narrows on the committee’s new cost figure
The October statement, issued on 30 September, set out the actual costs used in that month’s pricing. Diesel stood at 1,077.32 fils a litre and kerosene at 1,043.79 fils.
The two months are measured on different bases. October’s figures are the actual costs in the October pricing, while November’s are expected costs on the data available at the decision. The state news agency’s headline on the decision describes diesel, kerosene and gas as kept unchanged despite rising on world markets.
Diesel’s expected cost for November is 43.02 fils below its actual cost in the October pricing, a difference of 4.0%. With the price unchanged, the gap narrows to 134.3 fils from 177.32. That is 24.3% smaller, and the share of the cost covered at the pump rises to 87.0% from 83.5%.
Octane 90’s expected cost is 20.42 fils, or 1.8%, above its October actual cost. The 30-fil price increase outpaces it, so the gap narrows by 9.58 fils.
Kerosene’s expected cost is 4.01 fils above its October actual cost. Its gap widens by the same amount, to 497.8 fils from 493.79.
Cost in the two statements (in fils a litre)
| Product | November | October |
|---|---|---|
| Octane 90 | 1,132.1 | 1,111.68 |
| Diesel | 1,034.3 | 1,077.32 |
| Kerosene | 1,047.8 | 1,043.79 |
November: expected actual costs on the data available at the 31 October decision. October: actual costs in the October pricing, from the 30 September statement.
In October, Octane 95 was priced at 1,360 fils against a cost of 1,360.08 fils. The difference was less than a tenth of a fil.
October’s decision was larger. The committee noted then that world crude and product prices had risen markedly in September compared with August, and it raised both petrol grades and diesel by 50 fils a litre each and kept kerosene unchanged. It said at the time that local prices still did not reflect world prices, even with tax added.
The committee puts support and price differences at an estimated JOD 290 million
The committee puts total support and price differences borne by the government, from the start of the crisis to the end of October, at an estimated JOD 290 million. It attributes the total to higher world costs for oil products that were not fully passed on to local prices.
A month earlier, the October statement put the same total, to the end of September, at an estimated JOD 255 million. The two estimates are JOD 35 million apart.
The committee says keeping diesel and kerosene unchanged eases the burden on citizens and economic sectors, given the weight of both fuels in transport, production and heating. It describes the gradual approach as a way to limit swings in local fuel prices and give citizens and economic sectors more stability.
It said it reviewed oil product prices during October against earlier months in the context of continuing geopolitical tensions in the region and their effect on world markets. It will keep assessing global energy markets and their effect on local costs every month.
The fuel line on electricity bills does not change either. The board of the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission decided on 31 October to keep the fuel price differential item on electricity bills at zero for November, unchanged from October.
Figures are from the Oil Derivatives Pricing Committee’s statements of 30 September and 31 October 2026 and the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission’s decision of 31 October 2026; percentages, gaps and differences not attributed to a source are The Edge’s calculations.
Sources: Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission, Jordan News Agency (Petra), The Edge.
