Portugal has started rationing petrol as a precaution after 2,000 lorry drivers began an open-ended strike over pay, a move that comes at the height of the crucial summer tourist season and during the summer harvest.
Increasing the amount of ethanol in petrol sold in the UK would cut carbon emissions by the equivalent of taking 700,000 cars off the road, a report has said.
Higher crude prices should encourage North Sea oil companies to dial down the caution and bring forward more new projects, a prominent petro-economist said yesterday.
Inflation is expected to have fallen in November due to a drop in prices on motor fuel.
Drivers lost out as fuel retailers refused to cut petrol prices last month despite a drop in wholesale costs, a motoring firm has claimed.
A ban on sales of new petrol and diesel cars and vans should be brought forward to 2032 to drive the take-up of electric vehicles, MPs have said.
Motorists could be hit by more fuel price rises due to the "dark cloud" of high oil prices, a motoring firm has warned.
The price of petrol at the pump rocketed by a "hellish" 6p a litre in May - the worst monthly rise for 18 years, the RAC has said.
The cost of filling up a family car will rise by £8 if predicted oil price rises materialise, a motoring firm has warned.
British retail sales have recorded their biggest quarterly fall in a year as the Beast from the East kept shoppers at home.
Supermarkets should cut at least 2p per litre off the price of petrol and diesel amid falling wholesale costs, according to a motoring organisation.
Motorists are starting the new year paying the highest price for petrol since 2014, new figures show.
Several people have been killed in a tanker explosion at a petrol station in Ghana.
New diesel and petrol cars and vans will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to tackle air pollution, the Government is expected to announce.
Asda is cutting up to 2p per litre off its fuel prices after motoring groups claimed retailers were failing to pass on savings following the oil price slump.
Nigeria's upper house of parliament is to investigate allegations the state oil company illegally inflated funds it collected from an official subsidy scheme.
Diesel has reached its most expensive price in more than two years.
Oil major Shell is reportedly facing technical problems at around 900 stations in Malaysia.
Anger over petrol price hikes in Mexico has fuelled protests and looting, with the unrest causing the death of a policeman and a bystander.
Drivers are being hit with the most expensive petrol prices in more than two years.
Businesses and environmentalists have called on the Scottish Government to set a date for phasing out cars running on petrol and diesel.
Motoring campaigners have welcomed the decision to freeze fuel duty for the seventh year in a row.
Asda is to cut up to three pence per litre off fuel prices as it announced a national price cap.
Drivers of diesel vehicles should be offered a cash incentive to switch to cleaner alternatives in an effort to reduce air pollution, a leading think-tank has recommended.
Motorists have been hit by the biggest weekly rise in fuel prices for more than five years.
