British RAC company predicted that gasoline prices in the UK can beat a record once again before Christmas, GUARDIAN reports. It is expected that the cost of gasoline will rise in price to the maximum since April 2012, 142.48 pence (1.93 dollars).
According to RAC, the average price for the full tank in September increased by 12 pounds (16.29 dollars), compared with 2020. RAC believes that price increase has not been associated with a lack of fuel on the British gas station. The company sees the reason in the jump in the cost of oil, which has grown in September by 10 percent to 80 dollars per barrel. Goldman Sachs Bank predicts further price increase of up to $ 90.
The Association of Retail Merchants Golnis (PRA) reported that about 64 percent of the gas station in London and the southeast of England – the regions most affected by the crisis – they have both gasoline and diesel fuel. Earlier, this indicator was 62 percent. There was no fuel at all by 15 percent of refueling, compared with 20 percent of October 4. However, the executive director of PRA Gordon Balmer said that the affected regions still lagging behind the rest of the country, despite the fact that the government attracted the army to combat fuel deficit.
Against the background of the crisis of the United Kingdom, the priority access to gasoline priority to doctors and teachers, since the British continue to buy it in a panic, exacerbating the deficit.