--- title: "HSD crack spread reduced to USD38 per barrel" description: "Most outlets reported the reduction of the high-speed diesel (HSD) crack spread to USD38 per barrel, citing the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s (Ogra) pricing update. Business Recorder added context that the decline occurred over a three-month period, while Minute Mirror framed the change as a government action." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/15684-govt-reduces-cap-on-hsd-crack-spread site: HarZaviya language: en --- # HSD crack spread reduced to USD38 per barrel pakistan · updated 21 Oct 2026, 7:56 PM PKT · 21 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported the reduction of the high-speed diesel (HSD) crack spread to USD38 per barrel, citing the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s (Ogra) pricing update. Business Recorder added context that the decline occurred over a three-month period, while Minute Mirror framed the change as a government action. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Minute Mirror** — [Govt reduces cap on HSD crack spread](https://minutemirror.com.pk/govt-reduces-cap-on-hsd-crack-spread-648703/) · 21 Oct 2026, 7:56 PM PKT > The government has reduced the cap on the high-speed diesel (HSD) crack spread to $38 per barrel from $41.89, according to the Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority’s (Ogra) pricing sheet. - **Business Recorder** — [HSD crack spread drops to USD38 per barrel](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40445225/hsd-crack-spread-drops-to-usd38-per-barrel) · 21 Oct 2026, 2:22 AM PKT · 83% identical wording to the newest filing > ISLAMABAD: High-Speed Diesel (HSD) crack spread dropped to USD38 per barrel from USD41.89 per barrel, according to OGRA’s daily pricing update. The decline covers a three-month period. According to the notification, HSD crack of USD38 per barrel shall be applied as the ceiling/ upper cap while USD 11.33 per barrel will remain as the floor/ lower limit for the determination of HSD prices. Corres... ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [Government increases petrol and diesel prices on August 14](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2603-govt-keeps-petrol-diesel-prices-unchanged) · 14 Aug 2026 · 12 outlets · 4 developments · 74% related - [Government increases diesel price by Rs1.91 per litre, petrol remains unchanged](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15322-pakistan-cuts-petrol-price-by-rs5-16-per-litre-diesel-by-rs7) · 24 Oct 2026 · 17 outlets · 5 developments · 74% related - [Government adjusts petrol and diesel prices for three days in September 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/9855-govt-cuts-diesel-price-by-rs1-96-raises-petrol-by-rs4-61-per) · 26 Sep 2026 · 16 outlets · 6 developments · 72% related - [Federal government reduces petrol and diesel prices for three-day period](https://harzaviya.com/stories/302-government-adjusts-petrol-and-diesel-prices-on-july-28) · 1 Aug 2026 · 11 outlets · 8 developments · 72% related - [Government raises petrol and diesel prices for three days](https://harzaviya.com/stories/11201-petrol-diesel-prices-cut-by-rs2-27-rs3-56-per-litre) · 3 Oct 2026 · 17 outlets · 6 developments · 72% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 21 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.