STA, 8 March 2022 - Prices at the pump surged on Tuesday with both diesel and regular petrol reaching all-time highs due to high prices of oil on the global markets and the impact of the war in Ukraine.
Regular petrol cost between EUR 1,555 and EUR 1,564 and diesel was between EUR 1,662 and EUR 1,670 depending on provider. Along motorways prices are even higher, by a few cents on average.
Prices have been rising for several weeks but have now surged by up to five cents per litre in a single day and in some cases even more.
In anticipation of the price hike, there were long queues at service stations yesterday evening as people rushed to fill up, leading to fuel shortages at some smaller service stations.
Slovenia fully liberalised fuel prices in October 2020. Before that, only prices along motorways were fully liberalised.
Fuel retailers have said they have sufficient reserves and do not expect supply disruptions in the coming days.
Senior government officials held a meeting with top executives of the three largest fuel retailers in the country - Petrol, OMV and MOL - last night.
The government did not reveal the details of the talks beyond saying the discussion revolved around reserves and supplies in the coming weeks, and supplies in the event fuel shipments from Russia are interrupted.
