I was in Hat Yai on Saturday and I had difficulty filling up my hire car. Queues or just nothing available. Ended up having to purchase Premium 95. Now back in Nakhon Nayok and majority of stations have no diesel today. Those that have diesel are limiting customers to 500 or 600 THB. 95 also very scarce and also rationed. Is this the same everywhere?

5 minutes ago, pj123 said:

I was in Hat Yai on Saturday and I had difficulty filling up my hire car. Queues or just nothing available. Ended up having to purchase Premium 95. Now back in Nakhon Nayok and majority of stations have no diesel today. Those that have diesel are limiting customers to 500 or 600 THB. 95 also very scarce and also rationed. Is this the same everywhere?

No problem in Bangkok today, no queues and diesel and petrol available. Just a sign saying they will not fill cans.

But I heard from a friend in Chaiyaphum that they could not buy diesel and petrol was limited to 300 THB.

5 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

No problem in Bangkok today, no queues and diesel and petrol available. Just a sign saying they will not fill cans.

But I heard from a friend in Chaiyaphum that they could not buy diesel and petrol was limited to 300 THB.

All the stations who seems to keep the prices down, is out of fuel or limited, while at shell and everyone else who put up the prices above 40, have plenty.

1 minute ago, Hummin said:

All the stations who seems to keep the prices down, is out of fuel or limited, while at shell and everyone else who put up the prices above 40, have plenty.

Our local Shell is limiting diesel and regular 95 to 500 baht.

Yesterday I was at a Shell station near Buriram and they ran already out of diesel. Petrol was available, but at a max of 1.000 thb. The PT pump at the other side of the street was closed as their stock was fully depleted.

4 minutes ago, pj123 said:

Our local Shell is limiting diesel and regular 95 to 500 baht.

Can only guess the deals being made to make sure deliveries continue. 95 days of reserves as it is pr today.

Energy Minister Auttapol Rerkpiboon said Thailand has up to 95 days of oil cover and has lined up backup steps—export suspension, a higher reserve requirement, a biodiesel blend increase and refined-product imports if needed—to cushion any disruption

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/policy/40063364

In Lopburi, a small petrol station had a queue of 30 vehicles, mainly pickups looking for diesel. My local Bangjak ran out of diesel yeterday, more due today, this afternoon, so they said, diesel seems more of a problem than petrol/gasohol.

On 3/16/2026 at 7:21 PM, pj123 said:

I was in Hat Yai on Saturday and I had difficulty filling up my hire car. Queues or just nothing available. Ended up having to purchase Premium 95. Now back in Nakhon Nayok and majority of stations have no diesel today. Those that have diesel are limiting customers to 500 or 600 THB. 95 also very scarce and also rationed. Is this the same everywhere?

On 3/16/2026 at 7:21 PM, pj123 said:

I was in Hat Yai on Saturday and I had difficulty filling up my hire car. Queues or just nothing available. Ended up having to purchase Premium 95. Now back in Nakhon Nayok and majority of stations have no diesel today. Those that have diesel are limiting customers to 500 or 600 THB. 95 also very scarce and also rationed. Is this the same everywhere?

On 3/16/2026 at 7:21 PM, pj123 said:

I was in Hat Yai on Saturday and I had difficulty filling up my hire car. Queues or just nothing available. Ended up having to purchase Premium 95. Now back in Nakhon Nayok and majority of stations have no diesel today. Those that have diesel are limiting customers to 500 or 600 THB. 95 also very scarce and also rationed. Is this the same everywhere?

There is no shortage! The gas stations are refusing to sell their supply and are waiting for gas prices to increase so they can make more money on their inventory. It's all a scam just like everything else in Thailand!

On 3/16/2026 at 7:44 PM, Hummin said:

Can only guess the deals being made to make sure deliveries continue. 95 days of reserves as it is pr today.

Energy Minister Auttapol Rerkpiboon said Thailand has up to 95 days of oil cover and has lined up backup steps—export suspension, a higher reserve requirement, a biodiesel blend increase and refined-product imports if needed—to cushion any disruption

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/policy/40063364

Yeah, and yesterday he said 101 days. Seems to be 6 days in one day for this guy.

On 3/16/2026 at 7:21 PM, pj123 said:

I was in Hat Yai on Saturday and I had difficulty filling up my hire car. Queues or just nothing available. Ended up having to purchase Premium 95. Now back in Nakhon Nayok and majority of stations have no diesel today. Those that have diesel are limiting customers to 500 or 600 THB. 95 also very scarce and also rationed. Is this the same everywhere?

Interesting, I was in Hat Yai on Sunday morning. At 11 am, Caltex was out of diesel, or so they said. A few kilometers down the road, PTT had it all, benzine, diesel, no problem. Along the hwy 4 toward Phuket, stopped once to refuel at PTT, diesel was limited to THB 500 per car.

31 minutes ago, BMW Overlander said:

Interesting, I was in Hat Yai on Sunday morning. At 11 am, Caltex was out of diesel, or so they said. A few kilometers down the road, PTT had it all, benzine, diesel, no problem. Along the hwy 4 toward Phuket, stopped once to refuel at PTT, diesel was limited to THB 500 per car.

We hit Swensen's yesterday (2 for 1 Tuesday), and that's at the Lotus's mall, which is pretty much the last stop for anything heading south. This an hour / 100 kms pass and south of Hua Hin, with Chomphon, a few more hours pass us, at Muang, PKK. Very rural till hitting Chumphon, shy of 200 kms away, with exception of a few small beach towns.

Almost nothing but trucks on Hwy 4, heading south. Still the normal mix of trucks & cars in northbound lanes. Also yesterday and today, much less traffic in town.

Local PTT on Hwy 4 still out of 91/95. Guessing the PTT in town is out also, as Q'd up yesterday.

Expect a very slow, BKK'ers weekend at surfside, as get more than a few, that tire of Hua Hin's congestion & pricing.

Happy Days for us 🙄

Coupled with rumours of shortages people were also aware that prices were going up today. Everyone decided to buy fuel at the same time so no surprise fuel stations were running out of fuel. Some probably used 50 baht of petrol/diesel just to save 40 baht on the price rise.

On 3/16/2026 at 7:36 PM, Hummin said:

All the stations who seems to keep the prices down, is out of fuel or limited, while at shell and everyone else who put up the prices above 40, have plenty.

On 3/16/2026 at 7:36 PM, Hummin said:

All the stations who seems to keep the prices down, is out of fuel or limited, while at shell and everyone else who put up the prices above 40, have plenty.

On 3/16/2026 at 7:36 PM, Hummin said:

All the stations who seems to keep the prices down, is out of fuel or limited, while at shell and everyone else who put up the prices above 40, have plenty.

Same in Udon Thani

Consider E20 for a limited time that appears to be abundant and cheaper.

6 minutes ago, The Old Bull said:

Same in Udon Thani

Im start thinking of not going back to europe now next trip. Seems like a decent chance to get stuck. We got diesel for a roundtrip to bangkok right now, but my flight is in 2 weeks, and for the next 5 weeks, who knows if commercial flights will fly?

Hummin - who are you flying with ? Mid East Airlines obviously dodgy atm but others should be ok for a while . . .

I'm booked EVA for June but am already prepared for disappointment.

Netanyahu's and puppet Trump's war has turned our World upsidedown !

20 minutes ago, Srikcir said:

Consider E20 for a limited time that appears to be abundant and cheaper.

Just checked and my Toyota of 2024 is certified for 91, 95 and E20. Good to know.

I fly with Norse and Lufthansa for the next flights now in april, and also august, so we will see. My flight coming up now have gone from 12k to 35k for one trip only.

Just come back from district town (Khon Kaen province).

Many closed Diesel pumps, 95 also short. 91 and E20 available.

In Udon Thani diesel is mainly sold out. No problem with 91 and 95, although some petrol stations limiting sales to 500 or 1,000 baht. No big queues. I filled up last week, and as schools on holiday, have enough until May. Wife has electric bike for short haul.

You know it's bad when gas stations replace the splash bad in the urinals with a picture of Trump.

I topped up the last time I was out. Now, there is a 1km line to get gas at the gas station on HW 11 near where we live. I bought a third LNG cylinder that was delivered yesterday so we'll have cooking gas for for the next 6 to 8 months, maybe more if we conserve. I believe this video is from Saraphi near CM.

Hoarding doesn't help. The Thai government should be rationing.

On 3/16/2026 at 7:44 PM, Hummin said:

Can only guess the deals being made to make sure deliveries continue. 95 days of reserves as it is pr today.

Energy Minister Auttapol Rerkpiboon said Thailand has up to 95 days of oil cover and has lined up backup steps—export suspension, a higher reserve requirement, a biodiesel blend increase and refined-product imports if needed—to cushion any disruption

https://www.nationthailand.com/news/policy/40063364

It would be smart to buy Russian oil.

I love the people who laugh about me having a Suzuki Celerio.
"You must be poor - ha ha ha ha ha!"
😸 "Nope - I'm pretty well off. Why? I've economized all of my life." Now let's see - 23 kilometers / liter. He who has the last laugh......"

Probably the best off are guys who went solar and have EVs.