Petrol Prices Have Not Changed, the Petroleum Ministry Says — and the Pricing Committee Has Not Met
The ministry called price lists circulating online "completely baseless" and published the current pump prices. It follows reports, carried here on Sunday, that fuel could rise 10–15% once the committee sits this month.
5 October 2026
Egypt's Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources has denied that fuel prices are going up, calling the price lists circulating online "completely baseless" in an official statement issued on Sunday.
The figures being shared as the new rates are incorrect and rest on no official decision, the ministry said, and the Automatic Pricing Committee for Petroleum Products has not yet met to set new prices. Only the ministry's own channels carry valid price information, it added; figures from unofficial sources should not be treated as real.
Current prices, which the ministry confirmed are unchanged, are:
- 95-octane petrol: LE 24 a litre
- 92-octane petrol: LE 22.25 a litre
- 80-octane petrol: LE 20.75 a litre
- Diesel: LE 20.5 a litre
- Automotive gas: LE 13 a cubic metre
The denial comes after reports, carried on this site on Sunday, that an industry official expected petrol and diesel to rise by 10 to 15 per cent once the pricing committee meets this month. The ministry's statement does not rule such a rise out. What it says is narrower: that the committee has not met, that no decision exists, and that the lists going round social media are not it.
On this coast, diesel and petrol feed through to taxi fares, airport transfers and desert excursion prices, so the practical point for residents and visitors is that nothing has changed at the pump today. The statement gives no date for the committee's next meeting.