Home heating oil and car fuel prices have all fallen slightly in the past week, as prices continue to decrease after spiking at the start of the year.
The latest release from the NI Consumer Council shows that the average cost of 300, 500 and 900 litres of home heating oil have each gone down by around £1 in the past 7 days.
According to the figures 300L of oil now costs an average of £198.55, having been around £199.53 on February 6, while 500L is down to an average of £307.02 from £308.44 and 900L has reduced to around £542.01 from £542.73.
Antrim and Newtownabbey and Mid and East Antrim customers are getting the best deals on average across the council areas in Northern Ireland.
Customers in those districts are saving around £2 on 300L and over £2.50 on 500L and 900L oil top ups compared to the average across the rest of Northern Ireland.
Prices are notably higher in Derry City and Strabane than the other council areas. 300L of oil costs £3.01 more than the average, 500L £3.81 and 900L almost £5 higher than is typical elsewhere.
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Car fuel prices have also seen a slight fall in the past week. Petrol is down to 132.9p per litre on average from 133.1p previously.
Diesel meanwhile has also fallen to 138.7p per litre from last week’s average of 138.9p per litre.
Limavady forecourts had some of the best deals for drivers, with petrol costing 3.5p less than the average figure, and diesel down 2.8p per litre.
By contrast, Magherafelt drivers are getting worse deals, with the average per litre cost of petrol up by 3.3p, and the average diesel top costing 3.8p more.
News Catch Up – Thursday 13 February