Chinanews client, Beijing, December 17th (Zhang Xu) Car owners can fill up their fuel tanks by this Friday.

At 24:00 on December 17, the domestic product oil price adjustment window will open again.

The agency predicts that oil prices may usher in three consecutive increases. A private car with a 50-liter fuel tank will cost about 5.5 yuan more to fill a tank of fuel.

The picture shows the gas station staff at work.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Dongming

  Recently, the global spread of the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not changed, and many European countries have strengthened the blockade. However, as many countries continue to carry out new crown vaccination work, it has eased the worries of the crude oil market.

In addition, OPEC’s rotating chairman reiterated that OPEC is not eager to increase production and boosted market confidence. International oil prices remained volatile and rose slightly, and the domestic oil price reference rate of change showed positive fluctuations.

  Jinlianchuang estimates that as of December 16 (the ninth working day of this round of price adjustment cycle), the average price of reference crude oil is $49.19/barrel, and the rate of change is 4.84%. The corresponding domestic gasoline and diesel retail limit prices should be increased 145 yuan/ton.

  Li Yan, a refined oil analyst at Longzhong Information, said, “In 2020, there have been 23 rounds of domestic refined oil price adjustments. A total of 1,540 yuan/ton for gasoline and 1,485 yuan/ton for diesel. This round of price adjustments is already With a high probability event, after the price adjustment, the price adjustment in 2020 will become'seven ups, five downs, and twelve stranded'."

  Longzhong Information stated that the current price of No. 92 gasoline and No. 95 gasoline at Sinopec gas stations in Shandong area are 5.73 yuan/liter and 6.15 yuan/liter respectively. The current round of retail price increases may be around 0.11 yuan/liter. Generally, private cars increase A full 50 liters of oil will cost about 5.5 yuan more.

  Looking ahead, Jinlianchuang predicts that international oil prices may fluctuate upward.

Li Yan, a refined oil analyst at Longzhong Information, said that the next round of price adjustment window will open at 24:00 on December 31. The recent positive factors in the international crude oil market are still sufficient, and the probability of the next round of refined oil price adjustments is expected to be higher.

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