The hole between petrol and diesel costs has hit a file excessive as a consequence of Russia lowering gasoline provides.
Analysis of Authorities figures by the PA information company and the RAC Basis discovered the common value of a litre of diesel is sort of 17p costlier than petrol.
Steve Gooding, director of the RAC Basis, stated the distinction is principally as a consequence of a rise within the quantity of diesel getting used for heating and energy technology in continental Europe as a result of Russia has reduce gasoline exports.
There are lots of people chasing much less inventorySteve Gooding, RAC Basis
Figures from the Division for Enterprise, Power and Industrial Technique present common pump costs for a litre of gasoline on Monday had been 180.3p for diesel and 163.8p for petrol.
This implies filling a typical 55-litre household diesel automotive is round £9 costlier than for petrol fashions.
The worth distinction is the most important in data courting again to June 2003.
Diesel has solely value round 5p per litre greater than petrol on common since then.
Mr Gooding stated: “Partly, the massive hole is the product of a dip in world demand for petrol following the tip of the so-called driving season in the US.
“However extra important is the rising world demand for diesel which isn't solely used as a highway gasoline but in addition, particularly in continental Europe, as a technique of heating and energy technology and as an alternative choice to gasoline.
“On condition that provides from Russia have been in the reduction of due to the battle in Ukraine, this implies there are lots of people chasing much less inventory.
“The dangerous information for UK diesel drivers – and the diesel-truck-dependent UK freight trade – is that, with winter solely simply beginning and the battle in Ukraine displaying no signal of ending, the sizeable hole between diesel and petrol pump costs is more likely to proceed for a number of months to come back even when the price of oil drops.”