Price of Petrol

Jim Martin

Now 107.9 in Miltown Malbay, Co.Clare! Any comparisons around the country?

cashback

More or less the same in Carlow. Of course the price goes up as soon as I buy a car.

chewed

106.9 in Batterstown, Co. Meath yesterday

mikemac

105.9 in West Dublin

Carawaystick

brent crude oil is about $8 a barrel dearer since the middle of March, about $52 vs $44
Both of these are only an eyeball average, the daiy price variations are up to about $8 anyway

http://investing.thisismoney.co.uk/companyresearch/100815/Brent_Crude/company_charts.html

SickCert

Cabinteely 108.9/ Kilmac 109.9

bobcar61

Got a full tank in Sligo this morning at 103.9

peter1892

109.9 the other morning in Dublin 24. I did see it for 105.9 last night in Dublin 16 though.

busman

104.9 on friday in Coachford, Cork.

busman

http://www.pumps.ie/

Showing average of 109.9!

Hogzy

Why is fuel so much at the mo, considering how low the price of oil ($60?) is i cant understand why petrol is only 10c cheaper than it was when oil was over $100 a barrel? Shouldnt it still be under the euro mark regardless of the new duties imposed!

Heroditas

Hogzy wrote: »

Why is fuel so much at the mo, considering how low the price of oil ($60?) is i cant understand why petrol is only 10c cheaper than it was when oil was over $100 a barrel? Shouldnt it still be under the euro mark regardless of the new duties imposed!

Well over 70c per litre is taken by the government in the form of taxes.
Think of that as the fixed part of the price.
The remainder jumps up and down with the price of oil and exchange rate with the dollar.

Tarabuses

Hogzy wrote: »

Why is fuel so much at the mo, considering how low the price of oil ($60?) is i cant understand why petrol is only 10c cheaper than it was when oil was over $100 a barrel? Shouldnt it still be under the euro mark regardless of the new duties imposed!

I think you would need to compare the €/$ exchange rate now with what it was when oil was $100.

Within a 1 mile radius of here it varies between €1.05 (tesco) and €1.10 (texaco).

Chris_533976

Hogzy wrote: »

Why is fuel so much at the mo, considering how low the price of oil ($60?) is i cant understand why petrol is only 10c cheaper than it was when oil was over $100 a barrel? Shouldnt it still be under the euro mark regardless of the new duties imposed!

For the simple reason that the petrol companies have decided to rip people off.

bmaxi

Bit of a price war in Arklow at the moment. The three petrol stations at the south end of the town are102.9.

Jim Martin

105.9 just outside Portumna yesterday.

flazio

Jim Martin wrote: »

105.9 just outside Portumna yesterday.

Should have gone that bit further, 104 average in Birr.

Carawaystick

bmaxi wrote: »

Bit of a price war in Arklow at the moment. The three petrol stations at the south end of the town are102.9.

Apple Orange and Tesco....

Tech3

balindine 102.9 yesterday at topaz

Jim Martin

Huge differences - I saw somewhere between Portumna & Gort Saturday was 119!

Fighting Irish

Chris_533976 wrote: »

For the simple reason that the petrol companies have decided to rip people off.

They can put whatever price they want on it, or do you want them to let us decide the price?

veryangryman

Fighting Irish wrote: »

They can put whatever price they want on it, or do you want them to let us decide the price?

They are still ripping people off. So the other post was indeed correct

KevR

I wasn't paying too much attention on the way to work this morning but I think:

Galway City
Petrol: 109.9
Diesel: 103.9

Ballinasloe
Petrol: 104.9
Diesel: 98.9

Will check again on the way home to confirm and also look out for prices on the edge of Athlone, in Craughwell and Derrydonnell. I think Athlone and Craughwell are cheaper than Galway but slightly dearer than Ballinasloe.

PS - It's funny how Galway City is dearer than towns far away in the county or towns in the likes of Mayo, Roscommon, Clare... when the oil is shipped into the Galway docks and has to be distributed (at an extra cost) to these other towns. Obviously rent and overheads might be slightly higher in Galway but there's not a huge deal of competition in Galway which would mean they should have enough custom to make up for this and charge the same as other towns. It should be at least on a par with other towns if not cheaper..

Tech3

Hogzy wrote: »

Why is fuel so much at the mo, considering how low the price of oil ($60?) is i cant understand why petrol is only 10c cheaper than it was when oil was over $100 a barrel? Shouldnt it still be under the euro mark regardless of the new duties imposed!

The dollar is getting slightly stronger against the euro now and the barrel of oil doesnt fully represent the cost of how much petrol would be. Purifying and the cost of transport would also need to be included into that. If the 5c increase in the october budget wasnt introduced some places would be under a euro right now.

alpha2zulu

Tesco Clonmel 101.9
Amber Clonmel 101.9


Tesco Waterford 105.9

D'Peoples Voice

until we see changes in the crack spread, I'd imagine the price of gasoline will remain high relative to the price of distillate fuels (diesel & home heating oil).

KevR

Petrol actually up at the 110.9 mark at a few garages in Galway

Seth Brundle

KevR wrote: »

I wasn't paying too much attention on the way to work this morning but I think:

Galway City
Petrol: 109.9
Diesel: 103.9

Ballinasloe
Petrol: 104.9
Diesel: 98.9

Will check again on the way home to confirm and also look out for prices on the edge of Athlone, in Craughwell and Derrydonnell. I think Athlone and Craughwell are cheaper than Galway but slightly dearer than Ballinasloe.

PS - It's funny how Galway City is dearer than towns far away in the county or towns in the likes of Mayo, Roscommon, Clare... when the oil is shipped into the Galway docks and has to be distributed (at an extra cost) to these other towns. Obviously rent and overheads might be slightly higher in Galway but there's not a huge deal of competition in Galway which would mean they should have enough custom to make up for this and charge the same as other towns. It should be at least on a par with other towns if not cheaper..

Are they the same fuels? Some unleadeds are more expensive because of the additives added to them at the gantry.

flazio

Actually, the two Esso stations on the Connaught side of Athlone are usually among the cheapest in the country, Garbally oil in Ballinasloe make a point of being 1 cent cheaper then the likes of Corrib Oil or Topaz but even they have been out done by the above mentioned Esso.

KevR

flazio wrote: »

Actually, the two Esso stations on the Connaught side of Athlone are usually among the cheapest in the country, Garbally oil in Ballinasloe make a point of being 1 cent cheaper then the likes of Corrib Oil or Topaz but even they have been out done by the above mentioned Esso.

Whereabouts are those stations? Are they much of a detour from the N6?

Jim Martin

Don't think you can get any cheaper than Tesco, unfortunately, they don't seem to have many pumps!