What are you Paying for Gasoline? Petrol Prices Around the World

[RoxaneB]

One *would* think that...

Our prices in rural Queensland are almost the same as your premium price. Regular unleaded is about $0.89/L In Brisbane (the state capital) it is about 0.08c cheaper. In Sydney it is about the same as rural Queensland. Petrol in Australia differs greatly because of the great distances it has to be hauled (similar to Canada?). In central Australia it costs over $1.00.

Where are they hauling the fuel from? The docks? Are there no oil fields in Australia...sorry, just not up to date on my Australian resources.

Your theory on the costs being higher in areas where fuel must be transported to makes sense...if only that were the case in Canada.

We have oil fields out West...the pipeline starts there and, if the product is not refined out West, the product flows to several local refineries. Ironically, the most expensive prices are found at these two ends of the pipelines.

Northern Ontario, to where fuel must be transported by truck or barge has cheaper prices (at least in my travels up there). The closer one is to a pipeline end, the more expensive the cost.

 

[Valeri]

$1.60 - Fort Wayne Indiana last night.

 

[SteelMaiden]

BTW - Milk at those same places is $2.19, and around $1.69 at a grocery store. And bottle water is around $1.00 for 20 ounces. I used to say - hey, gas is cheaper than milk

Lucky you, we are paying 2.79-3.18 for milk, but I can still get a gallon or a 20 oz. water for .79. Bread is 1.79 - 1.89 a loaf, I am going back to making my own! Hamburger was 2.19 the last time I looked at it...and that is all I did, look! I may have to raise my own beef and pork again as much as I hate the fact that it ties you to home and you can't get away for a weekend. Anyone ready to start a commune?

 

[Sam]

Gas - 1.52/gal
milk - 1.48/qt
bread - 1.10/loaf

 

[Laura M]

Interesting on the milk variation around the country. I guess gas is cheaper than milk some places.

In NY gas is percentages higher strictly due to NY state taxes. Looking at how it is around the world, maybe its not too bad. Hard to know how the rest of cost-of-living adds up. We sure feel taxed to death up here. I won't officially be making and money until sometime in May I think.

(Hope I didn't head down the political no-no path.)

 

[Icy Mountain]

It's just business

What I don't get about the whole gas thing is why the news one day announces OPEC is going to cut production, so yeah, you might expect gas to go up soon - but not THAT SAME #*$&! EVENING! It's gouging ... plain and simple.

Hi Everyone,
I missed you, been a little busy lately and they burned my QA flag and shot my horse as I charged up the ISO9K hill. I couldn't resist this one. My dad, who is retired from the oil "bidness", explains it this way:

"As soon as OPEC announces production cuts, the price at the pump goes up because the refiner must immediately begin paying higher market prices for crude and is just passing that on to the end user."

"Then as soon as OPEC announces production increases, the price at the pump should go back down since the refiner is paying lower market prices?" I naively asked.

"Oh no, the high priced crude that was purchased yesterday must be refined, shipped, and pumped into your car, all used up, before you can start paying for the lower priced crude we just started buying," he replies.

WELCOME TO THE OIL BIDNESS!

 

[Laura M]

I also would wonder if the dealers have an abundance of small fuel efficient cars they want to unload. THey used to publish # of days on dealer lots by car type. Anyone know how that looks right now? Anyone with a SUV and $50/week in gas can almost justify a small car for the communte - keeping the SUV for the soccer games and family trips. $200/month in gas is a payment on a small fuel efficient car.

 

[Howard Atkins]

For all you in the US here is a list of state averages,
http://198.6.95.31/sbsavg.asp

Here is another tool for you from N. America
http://www.gasbuddy.com/

Here is the european
http://www.see-search.com/business/fuelandpetrolpriceseurope.htm
please note that it is pence/litre so convert

Here is a world ranking http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/ene_gas_pri

 

[JodiB]

I usually pay around $1.47/gal or thereabouts. The prices here have gone as high as $1.59 but there are still discount pumps, plus the grocery stores have the 3cents/gallon discount if you have their "loyalty" card. Milk is around $2.89 for cheapest brand but is frequently a weekly loss leader for $2. Store brand bread is 59 or 69 cents.

 

[Atul Khandekar]

Petrol: $0.85/Lt
Milk : $0.45/Lt

$1 ~ Rupees 45.20