A week ago, Natural was the most expensive since December 2014. Year-on-year, a liter of this fuel rose by 5.68 crowns. A liter of diesel is then 4.08 crowns more expensive than a year ago.
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The cheapest fuels are currently being refueled by drivers in the Zlín Region, where a liter of petrol is on average 33.48 crowns. They sell diesel there for an average of 31.29 crowns.
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On the other hand, the most expensive fuels are offered by petrol stations in Prague, where a liter of petrol costs an average of 34.34 crowns and a liter of diesel 32.30 crowns.
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Average price of fuels in the Czech Republic as of 4 August
Oil prices on world markets also fell on Wednesday. Even so, prices remain around $ 70 a barrel, which is quite high.
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The price of Brent North Sea crude oil fell by 1.4 percent to $ 71.37 per barrel around 5 pm CET. At the same time, the American light oil West Texas Intermediate (WTI) depreciated as much as 2.1 percent to $ 69.11 per barrel.
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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) announced on Wednesday that US oil reserves rose 3.6 million barrels to 439.2 million last week. Analysts in a Reuters poll predicted that inventories would show a decline of 3.1 million barrels.
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In addition, the United States and China, the world’s two largest oil consumers, are currently facing a growing number of new cases of coronavirus delta infection, which analysts say will reduce fuel demand.
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