Oil prices continued to rise on Tuesday.
However, the multi-year highs of the previous day were not reached.
In the morning, a barrel (around 159 liters) of North Sea Brent cost around 127.88 US dollars.
That was $4.67 more than the day before.
The price of a barrel of the US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) variety rose by $3.73 to $123.13.
The price of the Brent variety later rose by 1.6 percent to 125 euros.
For the first time, fuel prices have risen above two euros per liter on a nationwide daily average.
On Monday, premium petrol of the E10 variety cost 2.008 euros per liter, with diesel it was 2.032 euros, as the ADAC announced on Tuesday.
On Monday, the Brent price had risen to around $139, while WTI had cost more than $130 at its peak.
The highest levels since 2008 were reached in each case.
The main reason was comments by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who brought up an import ban on Russian oil.
While the US continues to steer towards such an import ban, the European Union is divided on the issue.
Germany in particular is against it.