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                <p class="sdc-news-article-header__standfirst">Petrol retailers warn motorists of a jump in fuel costs next week as wholesale prices rise by 4p-per-litre in just five days.</p>
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                <p class="sdc-news-story-article__intro">UK drivers face the prospect of a jump in petrol costs next week because of a steep rise in wholesale prices being blamed on the effects of Hurricane Harvey.</p>
        
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</div><p>The warning was sounded by an industry body which charted a rise of more than 4p-per-litre in wholesale costs over the past five days alone.</p><p>The Petrol Retailers Association (PRA) said the impact of that increase on its members would be felt by motorists in the coming days.</p><p>The RAC said petrol was on course to overtake diesel costs for the first time in a year with average prices likely rising above 121p per litre - its highest level since 2014 - with no end to the surge currently in sight.</p><div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-video" data-component-name="sdc-article-video" data-provider="ooyala">
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<p>Diesel, it predicted, would remain stable at around 118.5p.</p><p>A spokesman for the motoring organisation, Pete Williams, said: "The price of unleaded petrol will leapfrog diesel early next week, rising by up to 4p per litre as the impact of Storm Harvey and the shut-down of large refineries in the Gulf Coast drives up US demand for petrol imports.</p><div class="ad ad--mpu-mobile"><div class="sdc-site-au " data-ad-format="mpu" data-type=""><div class="sdc-site-au__mpu" data-role="ad-container" data-config="{&quot;id&quot;:&quot;mpu-inline-mobile&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;20346936\/skynews\/business\/content&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:{&quot;mobile&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;tablet&quot;:[[300,250]],&quot;desktop&quot;:[[300,250]]},&quot;targeting&quot;:{&quot;platform&quot;:&quot;live&quot;,&quot;artId&quot;:11015543}}" data-targeting-strnativekey="" data-targeting-platform="" data-tag="" data-component-name="sdc-site-mpu" aria-label="Advertisement" id="mpu-inline-mobile" data-tolerance="2"></div></div>
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<p>He added: "One quarter of the refining capacity in the States remains offline leaving a shortfall of over four million barrels a day, and crude oil production in the Gulf of Mexico is down 13.5%.</p><p>"In response, oil traders are acting to redirect fuel to the US ahead of the busy Labor Day weekend surge in travel."</p><div><div class="sdc-article-widget sdc-article-related-stories" data-component-name="sdc-article-related-stories">
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