Seypec shields consumers amid fuel price shock |24 July 2026

In light of recent events unfolding across the Middle East and with a view to protect Seychellois consumers from the direct impact of the crisis, the Seychelles Petroleum Company has proposed an increase in prices at the pump but has not gone as far as to pass the total cost of the fuel on to consumers.

Instead of consumers seeing an increase that could have been up to R5 on average from midnight today, Seychelles Petroleum Company’s (Seypec) customers on Mahé, Praslin and La Digue will only see an increase of R2 at the pump. Behind this adjustment lies the government’s continuous effort to cushion the direct impact of the crisis on our consumers and the country. Seypec urges everyone to be conscious of the current global market situation and to be responsible in relation to that.

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