Prices for home heating oil in Northern Ireland have fallen, with 900 litres now almost £10 cheaper on average than last week, according to the NI Consumer Council.
The average cost of diesel has also fallen, however petrol is slightly more expensive on average than it was seven days ago.
The consumer watchdog tracks the price of home heating oil and motor vehicle fuels across NI, and shares averages online.
Thursday’s update shows that a 300 litre fill is down almost £4, as it fell from £203.37 last week to £199.53.
A 500l fill-up is down almost £7 to £308.44, after sitting at £315.27 at the end of January, while a 900l purchase now costs an average of £542.73, after sitting at £551.62.
Prices spiked in early January, with a sharp downturn in temperatures raising demand from consumers looking to stay warm.
There are still variations across the region when it comes to average costs. Derry City and Strabane is the hardest council area to find a good deal, with 300, 500 and 900 litres of oil costing £2, £3 and almost £5 more than the average.
By contrast, customers in Ards and North Down are getting cheaper buys, with the cost of 300l down nearly £2 and 500l and 900l both down around £3 from the average cost elsewhere.
Meanwhile petrol and diesel have moved in opposite directions in the past seven days, as petrol has slightly risen in price while diesel has fallen.
Petrol now costs 131.p per litre on average, which is a small 0.2p rise from last week. Diesel has gone down by about 0.5p per litre to 138p.
The Consumer Council’s survey of different locations found a good deal of variation in prices. For petrol car drivers, the steepest prices were recorded in Magherafelt, with a 138.6p per litre cost being 5p more than the average.
Limavady petrol motorists were saving almost the same margin from the average, with a price registered there of 128.9p.
Meanwhile diesel drivers got the best prices in Newtownabbey, where the average cost was down 4p per litre to 134.9p.
Newry had the highest average diesel costs, over 5p per litre above the typical level at 145.4p.