Nearly half of Italian fuel stations adopt price caps as petrol and diesel costs fall
Roughly half of Italy's 22,000 fuel stations have implemented price caps following Eni's initiative, bringing national self-service averages down to 2.048 euros per litre for petrol and 2.242 euros for diesel.
Around half of the 22,000 fuel service stations in Italy are applying a price cap following the model introduced on Monday 28 September by Eni. According to data reported by Staffetta Quotidiana, as of Sunday 4 October, 10,601 stations had implemented caps for petrol and 10,712 for diesel. For petrol, the caps are applied across 3,796 Eni stations (out of 3,847), 2,297 Q8 stations (out of approximately 2,900), 1,481 IP stations (out of 4,575), 901 Tamoil stations (out of approximately 1,600), 453 Esso stations (out of approximately 2,200), alongside 1,673 unbranded stations.
- Eni
- 3796 stations
- Q8
- 2297 stations
- Unbranded
- 1673 stations
- IP
- 1481 stations
- Tamoil
- 901 stations
- Esso
- 453 stations
On the morning of Monday 5 October, average national self-service fuel prices across the road network stood at 2.048 euros per litre for petrol (down 15 thousandths compared to Friday) and 2.242 euros per litre for diesel (down 18 thousandths), while LPG rose to 0.759 euros per litre and methane reached 1.903 euros per kilogram. Since Sunday 27 September, average petrol prices have dropped by 11.1 cents and diesel prices by 13.5 cents, accompanied by drops in international refined product quotes of about 6 cents and 12 cents per litre respectively. On motorways, self-service petrol averaged 2.062 euros per litre and diesel 2.266 euros per litre, marking cumulative declines since Sunday of 15.2 cents for petrol and 13.5 cents for diesel.
