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Just before the storm, average fuel prices were approximately $2.50 per US gallon ($0.66/L). International oil prices also rose. In the United Kingdom, pump prices for unleaded petrol (gas) hit £1 per litre ($7 per U.S. gallon) for the first time in a significant number of places (averaging about 95p), a rise of about 3% from pre-Katrina ...
In February 2010, the Iranian government implemented an energy price reform by which the energy subsidies were to be removed in five years; the most important price hike was in gasoline, as the price went up from 1000 rials ($0.10 US) to 4000 rials ($0.40 US) per litre, with a ration of 100 litres per month for private passenger cars (later ...
The overall fuel economy of cars in the United States increased from about 15 miles per US gallon (16 L/100 km; 18 mpg ‑imp) in 1979 to 18 mpg ‑US (13 L/100 km; 22 mpg ‑imp) by 1985 and 20 mpg ‑US (12 L/100 km; 24 mpg ‑imp) by 1990. This was one factor leading to the subsequent 1980s oil glut. See also. Energy portal
Highest Gas Prices in the US. Gas prices have reached their all-time high in recent history. Last year the average peaked on June 14, 2022, at $5.02 per gallon. Luckily, although they still remain ...
The price per gallon never topped 90 cents in the closing years of the ’80s — about $2.40 today. A decade later in 1996-97, prices peaked at $1.23, which is almost exactly the same in 2022 ...
This resulted in the highest ever fuel prices recorded in the UK. In early July, the average price for a litre of diesel reached 199.09p, while the average unleaded price was 191.55p per litre. Many petrol stations, particularly in rural areas and on motorways, were charging in excess of £2 per litre for both fuels.
In Illinois, where gas shot up about $0.22 per gallon over the past week, the state average was hovering at $3.92 on Friday. Higher gas prices in February were one of the main drivers behind a ...
Sale of Gas Act 1860 ( 23 & 24 Vict. c. 146) 1861. Oil shipped from Pennsylvania to London, the first recorded transnational shipment. 1862. Petroleum Act 1862 ( 25 & 26 Vict. c. 66) to ensure the safe-keeping of petroleum and its products. 1864. Sale of Gas (Scotland) Act 1864 ( 27 & 28 Vict. c. 96) 1868.