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Latest fuel-saving guidance focused on Explainer from Petrol Savings editorial.
UK petrol prices went through more in six years than in the previous two decades. The collapse of 2020, the record-breaking surge of 2022, and the slow retreat that followed left p...
When an oil supply disruption makes the news, crude prices often move within hours. UK pump prices usually follow within one to three weeks, not because the petrol on UK forecourts...
Most of the world’s crude oil travels by sea, through a small number of narrow straits and canals that handle enormous volumes of daily trade. When any of those chokepoints is…
Three countries, the US, Saudi Arabia, and Russia, produce more oil than any others. Together with the wider OPEC+ group they have significant influence over the global crude…
Finished petrol leaves the refinery through a network of pipelines and storage terminals before a road tanker delivers it to your forecourt. That last-mile chain, the depot…
Petrol does not come out of the ground ready to use. Crude oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons that must be separated, chemically upgraded, and precisely blended before it becomes the…
The petrol at your forecourt comes from a combination of crude oil refined in the UK and refined product imported from overseas. Some of that crude is UK North Sea production, but...
Engine size does affect fuel consumption, and larger engines often use more fuel on average. But it is one of the weaker predictors of real-world running costs. Vehicle weight…
There is no set timetable for when UK petrol stations update their prices. Some can reprice quickly in active markets, while others may hold the same price longer. And the figure…
There is no reliably cheapest day to buy petrol in the UK. Some analyses have suggested limited midweek softening in parts of the market under stable conditions, but the effect…
At 10,000 miles a year, a realistic all-in running cost for a typical used petrol family car in the UK is about £4,800 to £5,200 once you include fuel, insurance, servicing, tyres,...
The MPG figure on your car’s brochure is a laboratory test result, not a target you should expect to hit on real roads. Real-world fuel economy in the UK depends on your car…
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