U.K. Quarterly Gasoline Demand Rises on Tanker Strike Threat
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U.K. gasoline consumption rose in the three months to March, the first quarterly increase since 2007, as motorists bought the fuel on concern about a tanker drivers’ strike, the Department of Energy and Climate Change said.
Deliveries of gasoline for inland consumption in the U.K. totaled 3.45 million metric tons in the first quarter, up 2.6 percent from a year earlier, DECC said in its monthly energy report published today. That was the first year-on-year quarterly gain since 2007, according to DECC.