Flintshire petrol prices vary by 24p a litre between cheapest and dearest stations
Drivers in Flintshire can pay up to 24p a litre more for petrol and 33p more for diesel depending on which forecourt they use, with prices across the county varying widely even as the UK average sits near a four-year high.
The cheapest petrol in Flintshire is at EG Mold PFS on 153.9p a litre, 4.2p below the UK average of around 158.1p.
The most expensive is at Shell Northop and Shell Co-op Northop Hall, both charging 177.9p, nearly 20p above the UK average.
On a 50-litre fill, that gap costs a driver £12.00.
For diesel, Oil 4 Wales at H W Oultram and Co in Flintshire is the cheapest in the county at 186.9p a litre, 11.1p below the local UK average of around 198p.
The most expensive diesel in Flintshire is 219.9p, charged at Shell Northop, Shell Co-op Northop Hall and Shell Co-op Mold, all 21.9p above the UK average.
The difference between cheapest and dearest diesel across Flintshire is 33p a litre, worth £16.50 on a 50-litre fill.
Several Flintshire stations are undercutting the UK average on both fuels, including Oil 4 Wales, Rhydymwyn Service Station, EG Mold, EG Pontblyddyn and BR Buckley Spar.
The backdrop to the local variation is a sharp rise in prices nationally over the past six weeks.
The RAC says the UK average for unleaded has risen 25p a litre, a 19% increase, since the US-Israel conflict with Iran began on 28 February.
Diesel nationally has risen 48p over the same period according to the RAC, which puts the UK average at 190.62p, though local tracker data suggests the average across comparable stations is running higher at around 198p.
A two-week conditional ceasefire between the United States and Iran was announced on Tuesday, and global oil prices fell sharply in response.
The RAC’s head of policy, Simon Williams, said the ceasefire may slow the rate of increases but warned drivers not to expect cheaper fuel at the pumps quickly.
He said: “The conditional ceasefire announcement may have taken some heat out of global oil prices, but the outlook for drivers in the UK remains highly uncertain.
The best hope in the short term is that pump prices stop rising at the rate they have been and hopefully top out in the coming days.
Much will depend on the stability of the ceasefire, whether oil shipments can move freely through the Strait of Hormuz, and the longer-term impact on oil production across the Gulf.
As it is a sustained lower oil price – over several weeks, not just a few days – that is required to bring wholesale fuel costs down meaningfully.
Drivers should not expect significantly cheaper fuel in the short term, although some smaller independent forecourts buying on a ‘spot’ basis may be quicker to pass on any reductions.”
Prices at some Flintshire stations in the data are dated between 4 and 6 April and may have moved since.
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