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And after my lovely optimistic post yesterday about oil dropping to $122 a barrel the European Central Bank made it's comment and I quote
"We could decide to raise interest rates"
Which shot the price back up to $128. Bugger.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12400801
Most of the oil companies that retail fuel in the UK have to buy in both crude and refined products on the open market to meet demand. E.g. it was mentioned in one of the other threads that Shell (one of the biggest companies) only produces 3% of the world's crude.As long as they have the gold mine
Hmm .. maybe that's why my local one was closed last night (ran out?!). I had to go to Sainsburys insteadDiesel dropped 1.9p/ltr at my local Shell
I'm not a fan of posts consisting of a link to an obviously politically biased newspaper and dont normally respond but...
I'm not sure the daily fluctuation in oil prices is linked to the longer term costs of fuel manufacture/distribution/retail.
I'm sure there are other members more knowledgeable, but I think retailers will have a contract to buy fuel in advance at an agreed price. I imagine they will also use currency & commodity markets to spread their risks of these daily fluctuations.
I'm not saying they aren't making money, it's just not as straightforward as the headline numbers may seem.
I'm not a fan of posts consisting of a link to an obviously politically biased newspaper and dont normally respond but...
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