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  "textContent": "Motorists wait in their cars for over an hour to fill their tanks earlier this week at Costco Superstore in Bushey (Picture: w8media)\n\n**Diesel prices have surged to a 16-month highsince the start of the conflict in the Middle East, new figures suggest.**\n\nThe RAC said the average price of a litre of the fuel at UK forecourts has gone up by nearly 6p since Saturday to 148p.\n\nIt has not been this expensive since mid-August 2024.\n\nAverage petrol prices have risen by almost 4p per litre since Saturday to 137p.\n\nThe increases mean filling a typical 55-litre family car with petrol has become £2 more expensive, with a rise of about £3.30 for diesel cars.\n\nDisruption to tanker traffic in the Middle East has sparked a rise in oil prices, which have a significant effect on wholesale fuel prices.\n\nFire and smoke rise in the Fujairah oil industry zone (Picture: Reuters)\n\nA tanker delivering fuel to a Shell petrol station in Dedworth, Windsor (Picture: Maureen McLean/Shutterstock)\n\nThere are fears that military action in Iran could disrupt the global oil supply, with distribution along the crucial Strait of Hormuz already interrupted (Picture: SWNS)\n\nThe price of Brent crude oil has risen by about 21% over the past week, exceeding 88 US dollars (£66) a barrel on Friday.\n\nRAC head of policy Simon Williams said: ‘While wholesale costs for any retailer buying in new stock will have gone up, it normally takes two weeks for price changes to work their way through to the forecourt.\n\n‘Brent crude jumped to 85 US dollars (£64) on Thursday, something we haven’t seen since July 2024.\n\n‘If the price of a barrel stays at this level, or increases, then further forecourt rises will be inevitable.\n\n‘While the rate of increase has been fast, we’re fortunately a long way from the record prices of 2022 when the average price of petrol hit 191.5p and diesel 199p.’\n\nAnalysis of the historic link between oil and fuel prices by think tank the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) found that oil trading at 100 dollars (£75) a barrel could see petrol prices hit 150p per litre.\n\nEarlier this week, the AA said there was ‘no need for drivers to break their refuelling routine’.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,****check our news page**.\n\nComment now Comments  Add Metro as a Preferred Source on Google Add as preferred source ",
  "title": "How fuel prices have surged since start of Iran war"
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