Current fuel prices; Record 3

Its been another 4 weeks so its time for another record of the fuel prices at the petrol stations in Dereham. I have been round the town again on the afternoon of Tuesday 15th July (29 days after the last time) and here's what I found;

Morrisons supermarket, Station Road, Dereham
Unleaded; 119.9p
(up 2p or 1.7%* & 8p or 7.15%#)
Diesel; 132.9p
(up 2p or 1.53%* & 10p or 8.14%#)

BP station, Lynn Hill roundabout, Dereham
Unleaded; 119.9p
(up 2p or 1.7%* & 6p or 5.27%#)
Diesel; 133.9p
(up 3p or 2.29%* & 9p or 7.21%#)

Tesco supermarket, off Yaxham Road, Dereham
Unleaded; 119.9p
(up 1p or 0.84%* & 6p or 5.27%#)
Diesel; 133.9p
(up 2p or 1.52%* & 8p or 6.35%#)


* increase from Mon, 16th June (4 weeks/29 days ago)
# increase from Mon, 19th May (8 weeks/57 days ago)

Current fuel prices; Record 2

4 weeks after my first fuel price record (Mon, 19th May) I have been round Dereham's petrol stations again on the afternoon of Monday 16th June and here's what I found;

Morrisons supermarket, Station Road, Dereham
Unleaded; 117.9p (up 6 pence or 5.36%*)
Diesel; 130.9p (up 8 pence or 6.51%*)


BP station, Lynn Hill roundabout, Dereham
Unleaded; 117.9p (up 4p or 3.51%*)
Diesel; 130.9p (up 6p or 4.8%*)


Tesco supermarket, off Yaxham Road, Dereham
Unleaded; 118.9p (up 5p or 4.39%*)
Diesel; 131.9p (up 6p or 4.76%*)

* increase from Mon, 19th May (4 weeks/28 days ago)

BBC News reports on soaring fuel prices

As if to emphasize my point about fuel prices, the lead story on last night's BBC Look East (Wed, 21st May 2008) was that the price of diesel had "jumped by more than 6% in [just the last] one month - its biggest rise this century..."
"... Over the past month the price of diesel in the east is up by 6.4% - from 117.8p to 124.2 pence per litre. Petrol is up by 4.1% - from 108.5p to 112.6p/litre (source: AA Fuel Price Report)."
"Fuel prices are tipped to reach £1.50 per litre this summer."

see; http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/7413774.stm

And then on tonight's national BBC News the lead story was that the price of a barrel or oil on the world markets has hit a new all-time record high of $135 - that's double what it was a year ago. But I suspect that in another year even $135 will look incredibly cheap! The BBC News suggested that the price could hit $200 by the end of 2008. But they also suggested that it might fall back the other way in coming months (I think that is rather unlikely!).
"Western" governments appear to be blaming OPEC for not increasing their oil production as the cause of higher prices, while OPEC appears to be blaiming market speculators for the price hikes! But the media continues to pay less than adequate attention to the fact that global demand for oil is now outstripping available supply with an ever widening gap.

Record of current fuel prices

Just as a side note I thought; why not on this blog, occasionally record current fuel prices at the three petrol stations in the town! So here's the first log, and I'll try to do it on a regular pattern - perhaps once a month or every 4 weeks!

As of Monday 19th May 2008, between 2:30 & 3pm, fuel prices at the 3 petrol stations in Dereham were as follows;

Morrisons supermarket, Station Road, Dereham
Unleaded; 111.9p
Diesel; 122.9p





BP station, Lynn Hill roundabout, Dereham
Unleaded; 113.9p
Diesel; 124.9p


Tesco supermarket, off Yaxham Road, Dereham
Unleaded; 113.9p
Diesel; 125.9p


P.S.
Perhaps other people could post comments to this blog entry, noting the prices at other petrol stations in the areas surrounding Dereham!