Thailand has six oil refineries that can refine 175 million litres of fuel daily, including 32-33 million litres of benzine, 75-80 million litres of diesel, 25 million litres of jet fuel, 13 million litres of heavy fuel oil, and 6-7 million kilogrammes of LPG. Refineries sell most of their products to major distributors and sometimes to middlemen, also known as jobbers, Mr Sarawut said. The major distributors mostly deliver to their own branded service stations. As a result, many independent service stations ran short of fuel and everyone converged at branded stations, resulting in long queues. Authorities subsequently asked refiners to increase their capacity, while major distributors were told to supply more fuel to jobbers.
