quarter, which has led to retail prices at service stations aligning at an appropriate level to the cost of finished oil products. While marketing margin in Q2/2018 was highly affected by the sharp rise in

appreciated. Whereas in 2018 inventory loss was recorded at THB 1,489 million (including lower of cost or market (LCM) THB 689 million) due to the sharp decline of crude oil price in the global market between

the COVID-19 crisis that has spread across various countries in the world. This has caused crude oil price in the global market to sharp deteriorate since late Q1/2020 continuing into Q2/2020

the previous year. As Q3/2018 experienced sharp spikes in global crude oil price, coupled with the government measures to appoint retail Diesel price ceiling at THB 30 per liter, resulting in a

E_1 Legal_FA_2015_12_29-c A WWCCoorrppLL44..11hhiigg A Executive Summary 1 Management Discussion and Analysis For the Year Ended December 31, 2017 In 2017, Thai economic growth gained traction, buoyed by strong recoveries in tourism and exports. This growth momentum is expected to carry on into 2018, especially amid a brighter outlook in public and private investment. Nonetheless, the business sector remained challenged by new modes of competition in a broader marketplace amid the advancing digi...

sharp contraction in the first quarter of 2020 as economic activity was crippled due to efforts to control the spread of COVID-19. The World Economic Outlook of the International Monetary Fund estimated

widespread of Covid-19 from the beginning of this year along with the imposition of the regulations on the usage of Sulphur which resulting in the sharp increase in the oil price in the world market also the