By Andrea Hargraves 
Fuel prices will rise again next Monday, October 11, at a time when the European continent’s energy crisis is putting oil at its highest levels in nearly three years.
The biggest rise will be recorded in simple diesel, with an advance of 3.5 cents per liter to 1.538 euros, if verified, will be the largest weekly gain for this asset since January of this year, according to business calculations.
In the case of gasoline 95, the Portuguese could feel an increase of 2.4 cents per liter to 1.721 euros, the second straight rise. This year, both originals have made a 22% lead. This represents, in absolute terms, an increase of 27.3 cents for diesel and 30 cents for gasoline.
The increases come as prices for Brent crude, traded in London and a benchmark for Portugal, have risen nearly 5% this week to their highest levels in 2018.
The calculations are based on the evolution of these two oil derivatives (diesel and gasoline) and the euro. But the cost of fuel at the pump will always depend on each filling station, the brand and the region you are in.
The new rates take into account the differences that the company calculates against the average rate that Portugal exercises this week and announced by the Directorate General of Energy and Geology (DGEG).
Business accounts are based on different contracts from those of oil companies (although the evolution is usually similar), and business data is only available until Thursday (minus one trading day).