Petrol price in Saudi Arabia

[Itsallicanafford]

In Saudi for my first time, our contact at our partner company topped up the hire car.....

22 litres of fuel for 10 riyal or £1.65..... or 7.5p a litre

I knew it would be cheap as they do have quite alot of the stuff but still....

[tuffer]

Significantly cheaper than water.

[Defcon5]

I could fill all my cars from empty for about 7 quid, rather than the 100+ it does here!

[Dog Star]

Venezuala (iirc). 1p/litre.

[ModernAndy]

What octane rating? I think it's 95 RON for special next door in the UAE (at a whopping 30p a litre) but the regular stuff is 89. Don't know how cars run on the cheap stuff... :-)

[tleefox]

Are Tesco not running any promotions over there?

[SteveSteveson]

Itsallicanafford said:

In Saudi for my first time, our contact at our partner company topped up the hire car.....

22 litres of fuel for 10 riyal or £1.65..... or 7.5p a litre

I knew it would be cheap as they do have quite alot of the stuff but still....

As I understand it not only is there no tax, but the government subsidize it.

[TobyLaRohne]

ModernAndy said:

What octane rating? I think it's 95 RON for special next door in the UAE (at a whopping 30p a litre) but the regular stuff is 89. Don't know how cars run on the cheap stuff... :-)

I filled up in saudi a couple of weeks ago and it was 97ron and 90ron they had available. the most expensive stuff was 7p/litre

[supertouring]

When I went there, one of the guys had a Volvo like the one I have at home.

He filled it up, cost him £7. It costs me £70 at home.

They drive EVERYWHERE! But then it was 45 degrees during the day so a car with aircon car was preferable to walking.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

I'd rather pay £50/litre than live in Saudi Arabia.

Horrible place.

[TREMAiNE]

I'd be able to fill up my tank 18 times for the same price it costs to fill up once over here in the UK...

I'm not too bothered as at least we have a boozer wherever you go!

[Dr Doofenshmirtz]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I'd rather pay £50/litre than live in Saudi Arabia.

Horrible place.

Can't argue with that.

[Devil2575]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I'd rather pay £50/litre than live in Saudi Arabia.

Horrible place.

A few people I work with have been there and based on their experiences i'd agree.

[Captain Cadillac]

Untaxed regular petrol is roughly the equivalent of 30-35p/L right now. Here in NJ I'm paying roughly 45p for regular and 54p for super.

I'd rather pay triple UK prices than live in Saudi, however I'm not even allowed in the country so it's a moot point

[Itsallicanafford]

...thanks for your thoughts

Edited by Itsallicanafford on Tuesday 19th November 13:03

[TwigtheWonderkid]

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I'd rather pay £50/litre than live in Saudi Arabia.

Horrible place.

Can't argue with that.

Cheap petrol is bugger all use for 50% of the population who aren't allowed to drive for the crime of being female!

[GT03ROB]

TwigtheWonderkid said:

Dr Doofenshmirtz said:

TwigtheWonderkid said:

I'd rather pay £50/litre than live in Saudi Arabia.

Horrible place.

Can't argue with that.

Cheap petrol is bugger all use for 50% of the population who aren't allowed to drive for the crime of being female!

Some around here would argue that as a positive advantage

[Engineer1]

Captain Cadillac said:

Untaxed regular petrol is roughly the equivalent of 30-35p/L right now. Here in NJ I'm paying roughly 45p for regular and 54p for super.

I'd rather pay triple UK prices than live in Saudi, however I'm not even allowed in the country so it's a moot point

So what have you done to piss the Saudis off?

[sunnydude959]

Considering that the U.S. is around ~60p/litre for decent fuel (e.g. Shell premium!), I'd rather go and live there than Saudi Arabia - well worth the extra!

[sunnydude959]

….Sorry, I've just read from another post that its 54p/litre (Captain Cadillac). So even cheaper.