Fuel price set to rise again

• Refineries struggle to meet demand
• Prices have risen by 2.3% in a month
• Experts warn of a possible 60% rise

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Drivers are being warned that fuel prices will rise steeply in the next six weeks, as refineries struggle to provide enough oil to meet demand.

A Europe-wide shortage of capacity at refineries was further exacerbated by the recent strike at the Grangemouth refinery in Scotland and a fire at a Finnish plant.

The warning came after The Office for National Statistics reported that the price of petrol products leaving refineries had risen by 2.3% in a month.

Last week, Goldman Sachs, a US investment bank, said that oil prices threaten to hit $200 a barrel over coming months as producers struggled to keep pace with demand from China and the Middle East.

That would represent a rise of more than 60% from the current level of $125 a barrel.