Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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21 August 2009
17:3127703FUEL PRICE REPORT AUGUST 2009
Despite falling to 102.3 pence per litre at the end of July, average UK petrol prices have since risen to 104.4. This makes them 1.5p dearer than a month ago. The cost of diesel is also higher, but has gone up 0.9 pence a litre to
almost 105 pence. Considerable oil price volatility, as stock markets try to predict an end to the global recession, but then run into poor economic news, has been reflected in price swings at the pump.
In the past month, Brent Crude prices have pitched from $75 to $70 and back up again to $74 now.
Unleaded prices have risen by 1.4ppl from 103.0ppl to 104.4ppl. Diesel prices have risen by 0.9ppl, from 104.1ppl to 105.0ppl. The price difference between unleaded and diesel has fallen from 1.1ppl to 0.6ppl.
Northern Ireland and London recorded the highest price for unleaded at 104.9ppl. Yorkshire and Humberside recorded the lowest price for unleaded at 103.5ppl. London recorded the highest diesel price at
105.5ppl. The North West and Yorkshire and Humberside have the cheapest diesel at 104.0ppl.
Supermarket prices for unleaded rose over the month by 1.4ppl to 102.8ppl. The gap between supermarket
prices and the UK average for unleaded has remained at 1.6ppl.
Overseas prices have also risen. The UK has the eleventh highest unleaded price in Europe and the second highest diesel price.
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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21 August 2009
17:3527704I know from past correspondence that Dover tends to have a higher than average price at the pump, due I assume to the oilcompanies capturing maximum costs/profits from the passing traffic. Unfortunately us locals have to shop at the same pumps. Note though that the supermarkets continue to sell fuel that bit cheaper.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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21 August 2009
19:5727708i think that you will find that the prices are higher in dover mainly due to the higher haulage costs.
the bigger and more central areas of population have lower distrinbution costs to absorb on absolutely everything that sells in their shops/garages etc.
Brian Dixon
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22 August 2009
06:4527717bp garage snargate street/folkestone road 105.9 for unleaded 104.9 for diesel.but saying i have seen tescos a penny or so more.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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22 August 2009
07:3227723Canterbury is much cheaper - about 101.9
Roger
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
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22 August 2009
07:4627725Roger that is certainly very cheap in Canterbury and well below the national average, and miles below Dover. Wasnt quite understanding Howards point there as some local places..ie..the aforementioned Canterbury can charge low prices. I think here in Dover we are cynically charged the same as the passing tourist. And as we know tourists almost always get fleeced. Im just back from France where I felt more than a tad fleeced by the high costs of everything.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 August 2009
08:1527728paul
once delivery is done in dover, it is dead running back to the loading point.
for example, london/manchester/birmingham etc, a truck will be delivering and earning money every few hundred yards.
Alec Sheldon
- Location: Dover
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22 August 2009
14:4327769Howard,
Where ever a road tanker runs to when it has discharged its load it has to return empty to the refinery.
Alec.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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22 August 2009
17:2427772Been nice knowing you :)
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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22 August 2009
19:3027781alec
if it discharges in canterbury, there is a lot less empty running than if it discharges on the coast.
i do not think that the prices are boosted by the outgoing tourists, they would only put enough in to get them across the channel, where they will then fill up the tank with cheaper fuel.
Guest 668- Registered: 13 Apr 2008
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22 August 2009
19:5027783I see your logic Howard but whats to say Dover is the last stop? It could easily be Margate or any other far reaching area of the county. I've visited pretty remote places in this country recently and haven't come across prices as high as we do here.
I'm sadly far more cinical about the whole matter, in my opinion the prices are inflated because of the tourist trade and sadly as residents we suffer. I know longer purchase petrol in Dover, I visit either Canterbury and Faversham regularly so fill up there!
Been nice knowing you :)