Home heating oil prices Ireland

One year ago, the most expensive place for diesel here was charging 125.9p per litre, while the dearest petrol was 121.9p,. The rising price of crude oil has ...

It seems this price is set to spike in the coming days with increases of more than 10p per litre spotted in filling stations right across the region. It has been 12 days since the start of the war in Ukraine, which has been impacting crude oil prices, and prices are set to soar further with the continuing crisis. Fuel prices across Northern Ireland continue to soar, increasing by more than 10p in just a matter of days, but where in Northern Ireland has been hit the hardest?

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You can use this information as a benchmark to see if you are paying more than the average on the cost of home heating oil. Unfortunately there is no competition in the Ten Towns gas network which is serviced by Firmus. The Consumer Council is running free energy efficiency webinars in partnership with National Energy Action in March where you can learn tips and advice on how to save some money on bills. Last week, SSE Airtricity was the lasted gas company to increase it prices. The Northern Ireland Oil Federation also has PayPoint facilities to enable you to budget and make regular payments towards your oil delivery instead of having to pay for your delivery in a lump sum. In the last week a price of 158p per litre was found to be the highest for diesel and 144p per litre was the lowest.

The price of home heating oil in Northern Ireland has soared by 75% in the 12 days since Russia invaded Ukraine.

That's a big problem as we have such a high proportion of households dependent on oil for their heating." You know, it's really terrible." Websites have been closed down and they're not taking calls, particularly from the likes of oil bank clubs, because there's no savings in it for them whatsoever. "There are a lot of families who are going to be really struggling because they just will not be able to afford to go out and buy oil, and what do you do then? "There's just no savings available. There are a lot of families who are going to be really struggling because they just will not be able to afford to go out and buy oil

Peter McClenaghan, Director of Infrastructure and Sustainability at the Consumer Council, has offered some advice.

"The big differentials were down to some suppliers holding more stock, and they were able to charge at prices they'd already had oil in at. "That's far from ideal, but at least then people aren't having to fork out extra money on top of what they're paying, or getting a significantly lower size of delivery than what they were expecting. "The difficulty then is suppliers are sometimes not quoting a price. "Others, due to the nervousness, jacked their prices up. It wasn't always a clear rationale for that and the same goes for the minute. He said: "There does appear to be differences in different areas and suppliers, but that's not actually a bad thing for consumers.