The flooding in oil rich Texas has damaged supplies of fuel in the US<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe RAC said petrol was on course to overtake diesel costs for the first time in a year with average prices likely rising above 121p per litre – its highest level since 2014 – with no end to the surge currently in sight. Diesel, it predicted, would remain stable at around 118.5p.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
A spokesman for the motoring organisation, Pete Williams, said: “The price of unleaded petrol will leapfrog diesel early next week, rising by up to 4p per litre as the impact of Storm Harvey and the shut-down of large refineries in the Gulf Coast drives up US demand for petrol imports.<\/p>\n
He added: “One quarter of the refining capacity in the States remains offline leaving a shortfall of over four million barrels a day, and crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is down 13.5%. “In response, oil traders are acting to redirect fuel to the US ahead of the busy Labor Day weekend surge in travel.”<\/p>\n
The PRA said it had been told by Platts, the independent provider of information and benchmark prices for the commodities and energy markets, that “there have been a large number of oil tankers set to move to the US from Europe carrying gasoline to make up shortfalls in the Gulf region”.<\/p>\n
PRA chairman Brian Madderson added: “This will be bad for UK inflation, for cash strapped UK motorists and for the economy as money is diverted from other purchases”.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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