MOBIL Oil Marianas and Shell Marianas increased their fuel prices by 10 cents on Friday and Saturday.
The Mobil Oil Marianas service station on Msgr. Guerrero Road in San Jose displays its fuel prices on Friday.
Mobil Oil changed its prices before noon on Friday, while Shell followed suit on Saturday morning.
The regular gasoline price went up to $4.85 a gallon from $4.75 a gallon; premium gas price rose to $5.30 a gallon from $5.20 a gallon; and diesel, which was $4.91 a gallon, is now $5.01 a gallon.
Around mid-August, Mobil Oil and Shell Marianas rolled back their fuel prices by 12 cents.
Lucky for him, Larry Mettao said he no longer drives his V6 Ford F-150 truck which, he added, would now cost him $120 worth of gasoline, full tank. Before he resigned from his job as a salesman several months ago, he said he drove from home to work and back every work day.
Now, he said, he drives his truck only a few times a week when he, his wife and children visit his in-laws.
“But fuel price is still an issue for us because my truck eats up a lot of gas,” he said.
According to NewsOnAIR, global crude oil prices rose 3% last week as energy companies in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico restarted production after back-to-back hurricanes in the region shut output.
“Brent crude futures rose 3.3% during the week to settle at 75.34 dollars a barrel….
“U.S. crude futures was up 3.2%, supported by tight supplies due to the hurricane outages.
“On Wednesday, Brent hit its highest since late July, and U.S. crude hit its highest since early August.”
