February fuel price report
UK and overseas fuel prices
February 2010
Average UK petrol and diesel prices have hit a plateau of around 112p a litre for petrol and 114p a litre for diesel over the past month. Even with a 2p drop in wholesale prices in recent days, the average petrol pump price has barely fallen while the cost of diesel has declined slightly. Barrel price is $77.
Unleaded prices have risen by 0.3ppl from 111.8ppl to 112.1ppl. Diesel prices have also risen, by 0.1ppl, from 113.7ppl to 113.8ppl. The price difference between unleaded and diesel has fallen from 1.9ppl to 1.7ppl.
Northern Ireland recorded the highest price for unleaded at 113.5ppl. Yorkshire and Humberside recorded the lowest price for unleaded at 110.9ppl. Northern Ireland recorded the highest diesel price at 114.9ppl. Yorkshire and Humberside have the cheapest diesel at 112.8ppl.
Supermarket prices for unleaded also rose over the month by 0.8ppl to 110.8ppl. The gap between supermarket prices and the UK average for unleaded has fallen to 1.3ppl.
Overseas prices have also risen. The UK has the eleventh highest unleaded price in Europe and the second highest diesel price.
(fuel price data is supplied by Experian Catalist in cooperation with Arval UK Ltd)
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