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Great news for motorists over Christmas as the oil price riggers, OPEC, fail to agree on output and therefore a price for a barrel of oil so it’s turned out to be a bit of a free for all with the cost of a barrel now dropping below $40.

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This should mean a drop of 5 pence per litre at the pumps for diesel and a drop to less than a £1 per litre for petrol. The average price for diesel is already at a 6 year low at an average of 109.18 pence per litre at the pumps. First to move is expected to be the supermarkets.

Experts suggest that we could be as close as a week away from the price drops whilst others will be reasonably quick to follow. So whilst the producers continue to refuse to cut production we will see a continued drop in prices as the world becomes awash with fuel. To put this into perspective in mid 2014 oil rose to $115 per barrel.

Compared to this time last year the RAC has calculated that we will save on an average fill up £9 on a tank of petrol and £11 on a tank of diesel. Not to be sniffed at. Keep an eye on prices as the Government has asked the sellers to pass on the savings but of course some will refuse so we should avoid using them.

Whilst some commentators have suggested that the rate drops won’t be long lived others have predicted a period of steady price drops till it flattens out around the time that OPEC are due to meet next in June 2016. With production outpacing demand it’s good news for motorists, so fill your boots! As well as your tanks! By Graham Hill

I guess with the cost of diesel so high it was inevitable that people would try to save money by buying dodgy fuel that has either been bought cheaply, as it was intended for use by farmers, and as a result it attracts less duty or it has been stolen from farms where fuel is less protected than filling stations.

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According to HM Revenues and Customs the sale of illegal fuel is up by 48% and not just from ‘pop-up garages’ and ‘huckster sites’ but also regular filling stations. In the past it was easy enough to identify the dodgy fuel if it originated from a farm as it was dyed red. But to avoid detection the crooks have found a way to strip the red dye from the fuel using a concoction of chemicals.

This is all well and good but the chemicals they use can damage the engine. The damage is made difficult to detect as the effects of the chemicals can take months or even years to be noticed. HMRC has revealed that they found illegal fuel at 388 sites in 2012 compared to 262 in 2009/10.

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Whilst is seems there has been a surge the HMRC believe that it has more to do with the detection rate rather than a substantial increase in use or theft of illegal fuel. You can draw your own conclusions, just be careful where you are buying your fuel from and what harm the fuel could be doing to your car. By Graham Hill

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Well, it’s motor show time again and all the talk is about the new low emission cars. So it wasn’t surprising that at the same time Asda and Morrisons announced fuel cuts by up to 4 pence per litre which may spark a price war – we hope. It may therefore be wise to track the lowest prices closest to you which you can do by clicking on http://www.petrolprices.com/. The warning is not to get carried away and end up travelling miles to top up, spending more on the fuel you use than the amount you save on the top up.