Global Fuel Report
Fuel questions, answered from this week's figures
Every answer below carries a figure from the issue of 9 October 2026 and the date that figure holds.
A new issue lands every Friday, and these answers move with it.
Why is diesel so expensive right now?
Diesel across the European Union 27 cost 2.149 euro a litre in the week to 5 October 2026, down 0.089 euro on the week.
The week is cheaper and the year is not. On contract the United Kingdom diesel index stands at 139.23 against 100 in the week to 6 January 2025.
A haulier on a contract written at that base week is paying the difference every mile.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
How much is diesel in Germany this week?
In Germany diesel cost 2.254 euro a litre in the week to 5 October 2026, down 0.183 euro on the week.
Petrol stood at 2.196 euro a litre in the same week.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
What does diesel cost in the United Kingdom?
Diesel at the United Kingdom pump cost 201.9 pence a litre in the week to 5 October 2026.
Petrol cost 174.9 pence a litre in the same week.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Which country has the cheapest diesel in Europe?
Malta, at 1.210 euro a litre in the week to 5 October 2026.
That is the lowest pump price of the member states this issue prices.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Where is diesel the most expensive in Europe?
Finland, at 2.553 euro a litre in the week to 5 October 2026.
It is the dearest of the member states this issue prices.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
What does petrol cost across the European Union?
Petrol across the European Union 27 cost 2.006 euro a litre in the week to 5 October 2026, down 0.097 euro on the week.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Did the oil price move this week?
Brent crude ended the week to 4 October 2026 at 120.034 dollars a barrel, up 2.5 per cent.
West Texas Intermediate ended at 98.074 dollars, up 4.8 per cent over the same week.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Is jet fuel getting dearer?
Jet fuel at the United States Gulf Coast ended the week to 4 October 2026 at 4.416 dollars a gallon, up 1.5 per cent.
It is read from the same weekly means as the crude prices above it.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Wholesale diesel this week?
Wholesale diesel at the United States Gulf Coast ended the week to 4 October 2026 at 4.731 dollars a gallon, down 2.9 per cent.
At New York Harbor it ended at 4.871 dollars a gallon.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Are any refineries shut down right now?
2 sites are shut on a confirmed reading in the week to 8 October 2026, holding 220,900 barrels a day between them.
That is 0.22 per cent of the world's 100.4 million barrels a day of refining.
A statement from the operator or the government sets a shut reading, and nothing else does.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Are refineries going quiet without anyone saying so?
14 refineries that show heat when they run gave off none on a clear satellite view in the four weeks to 8 October 2026.
They hold 2.82 million barrels a day, and no operator, owner or government has spoken to any of them.
A satellite reading detects, and only a statement confirms.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Which pipelines and plants are not working?
12 pipelines, interconnectors and plants are not working on a confirmed reading in the week to 8 October 2026.
Each one carries the statement behind its state and the date that statement was made.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Is Europe's gas storage filling?
European Union gas storage stood 73.12 per cent full on 7 October 2026, up 1.48 percentage points on the week.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
How full are Germany's gas stores?
German gas storage stood 59.44 per cent full on 8 October 2026, up 1.41 percentage points on the week.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Will fuel prices go up next week?
Next week's pump price calls say 8 lower and 37 unchanged.
The method behind those calls has been right on 56.9 per cent of 33,364 past calls.
Every call is scored in the issue that follows it.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Fuel surcharges: how is one set?
On a haulage contract where fuel is 30 per cent of cost, this week's diesel index earns a fuel surcharge of 11.8 per cent.
The surcharge is the rise in the index above the contract's base week, multiplied by the share fuel takes of the job.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Where is diesel cheapest in the United Kingdom?
Leeds, at 197.9 pence a litre on 3 October 2026.
The dearest of the 121 ranked districts is Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole at 203.9 pence, a spread of 6.0 pence a litre.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Diesel per mile for a 44 tonne lorry?
A 44 tonne articulated lorry burns diesel at 96.82 pence a mile in the United Kingdom in the week to 8 October 2026.
That is 0.575 litres a mile at 7.9 miles a gallon.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Who is releasing emergency fuel reserves?
The G7 has announced 100 million barrels, running at 0.82 million barrels a day.
A diesel portion falls inside the first 20 days of it.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Days of oil cover, where is it thinnest?
Bulgaria holds 85.02 days, the thinnest of the 7 countries this issue reads.
Days of cover are the stock a country holds against its own daily use, published monthly.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
United States crude stocks this week?
Commercial crude stocks stood at 424.134 million barrels in the week this issue reads.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve held 282.983 million barrels.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Has diesel ever been this expensive?
One of the 27 member states stands at its own dearest week held in the week to 5 October 2026.
This issue computed 361 records from the weekly history behind it, and prints the ones that stand.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Does diesel cost more on the big routes?
On the I-80, coast to coast in the United States it stood 10.6 per cent above the national figure on 28 September 2026.
Corridor prices are read station by station along the route.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
Whose contract diesel costs are rising fastest?
Ireland, whose diesel index moved 2.38 points in the week to 5 October 2026.
27 indices run on the price a driver pays, duties and taxes included.
Global Fuel Report, issue of 9 October 2026. compliancesme.com/fuel/
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