Diesel gets cheaper at the beginning of the weekend. The price of fuel in Romania, today, April 26, 2024

The cheapest standard gasoline costs 7.33 lei per liter on Friday and can be found at a Petrom station in Bucharest, str. Dr. Herescu Petre, no. 2A, sector 5.

At the rest of the stations in Bucharest, standard gasoline can be found at prices between 7.35 and 7.49 lei, slightly decreasing.

For premium gasoline, prices vary from 7.84 lei to 8.14 lei, slightly decreasing costs.

The minimum price for standard diesel in Bucharest reaches 7.37 lei on Friday and can be found at a Socar station in Bucharest, Str. Vasile Lascar, no. 141A. On Wednesday, a liter of diesel cost 7.40 lei.

The maximum price reaches 7.53 lei per liter in Bucharest, also decreasing.

The price for premium diesel is between 7.75 lei per liter and 8.04 lei, also down compared to Tuesday.

Last year, the price of a liter of standard gasoline exceeded 8 lei, while standard diesel exceeded 9 lei per liter.

Why do petrol or diesel prices go up or down at the pump?

Fuel prices at filling stations have a similar evolution to Platts international quotations for petrol and diesel, but with a difference of several days, the Competition Council found following a study that re-analyses how changes in quotations that are transmitted in prices at pump.

The Platts quote is an international reference price in the gasoline or diesel market and represents a value reflected by demand, supply and transactions between traders in the wholesale fuel market. Platts quotes are not public data, and in the long term tend to follow the same trend as oil barrel prices.