Fuel Prices & Supply

Fuel is still the biggest line on most service station P&Ls, even if it isn’t the most profitable one. This section collects ServoPro’s coverage of what drives the price on your board and the product in your tanks: wholesale and terminal gate prices, retail price cycles in the capital cities, crude oil and the Australian dollar, fuel excise changes, and the refineries, import terminals and shipping that keep Australia supplied.
For independent operators, knowing why prices are moving matters as much as knowing that they are. A sudden jump in the terminal gate price, a supply disruption in Asia or a change to excise can squeeze margins within days, and customers expect you to explain it. Use the sub-topics to go straight to pump prices and price cycles, oil markets and global events, or fuel supply and security.
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