Fuel Price Reports
UK and overseas fuel prices
August 2008
A fierce supermarket price war and plummeting wholesale prices have seen average UK petrol prices fall significantly this month. Crude oil has fallen to $113 a barrel and pump prices are expected to fall further in coming weeks.
Nationally, unleaded prices have fallen by 6.3ppl to 113.2ppl in the past month. Diesel prices have fallen by 7.5ppl to 125.6ppl. The price difference between unleaded and diesel has fallen from 13.6ppl to 12.4ppl
London recorded the highest price for unleaded at 114.6ppl followed by Northern Ireland at 114.5ppl. Yorkshire and Humberside and the North West recorded the lowest price for unleaded at 112ppl. Northern Ireland recorded the highest diesel price at 127.9ppl. Yorkshire and Humberside has the cheapest diesel at 124.3ppl.
Supermarket prices for unleaded also fell over the month by 7.7ppl to 110.7ppl. The gap between supermarket prices and the UK average for unleaded has risen to 2.5ppl.
Overseas prices have also fallen. The UK has the tenth 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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