Poland’s e-petrol.pl and Reflex warned that prices at the pump will edge up in the final week of October, reversing recent stability. They forecast average increases of about PLN 0,04 (EUR 0,0095) per liter for 95- and 98-octane gasoline and PLN 0,06 (EUR 0,014) for diesel.
E-petrol.pl projected retail ranges next week of PLN 5,78–5,89 (EUR 1,37–1,39) per liter for 95-octane gasoline and PLN 5,91–6,02 (EUR 1,40–1,42) for diesel. Reflex said rising crude “raises the risk of increases at the pumps in the last week of October,” with the biggest impact on gasoline and diesel.
Analysts linked the move to new sanctions announced by U.S. President Donald Trump against Russia’s Rosneft and Lukoil and their subsidiaries, which spurred talk of reduced purchases by refiners in China and India and triggered a sharp rally in oil.
After drifting toward the USD 60-per-barrel mark earlier in the week, Brent crude climbed above USD 66 by Friday. While retail prices in Poland had shown PLN 0,04–0,05 -per-liter declines for 95 gasoline and diesel, wholesale lists turned abruptly higher at week’s end, with diesel up PLN 126,20 (EUR 29,82) per cubic meter from the prior week.
With heavy travel expected around All Saints’ Day, e-petrol.pl called the current calm “a temporary stabilization” and advised drivers to fill up early. Reflex added that end-October will “likely bring an upward correction,” with the scale depending on market reaction to the U.S. measures.
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Source: Polskie Radio 24