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Due to an increase in price per barrel costs of crude oil in Singapore, which is an important market in South-East Asia, not to mention the downward trend of the Australian dollar over the last two months, the pump price of unleaded fuel at many suburban retail stations has soared, breaking through the $2 per litre barrier, with prices expected to continue trending upwards; especially if unrest continues in many of the middle-east oil producing countries and OPEC remain unchanging in their views on barrel production quotas.

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Due to an increase in price per barrel costs of crude oil in Singapore, which is an important market in South-East Asia, not to mention the downward trend of the Australian dollar over the last two months, the pump price of unleaded fuel at many suburban retail stations has soared, breaking through the $2 per litre barrier, with prices expected to continue trending upwards; especially if unrest continues in many of the middle-east oil producing countries and OPEC remain unchanging in their views on barrel production quotas.

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Due to an increase in price per barrel costs of crude oil in Singapore, which is an important market in South-East Asia, not to mention the downward trend of the Australian dollar over the last two months, the pump price of unleaded fuel at many suburban retail stations has soared, breaking through the $2 per litre barrier, with prices expected to continue trending upwards; especially if unrest continues in many of the middle-east oil producing countries and OPEC remain unchanging in their views on barrel production quotas.

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Due to an increase in price per barrel costs of crude oil in Singapore, which is an important market in South-East Asia, not to mention the downward trend of the Australian dollar over the last two months, the pump price of unleaded fuel at many suburban retail stations has soared, breaking through the $2 per litre barrier, with prices expected to continue trending upwards; especially if unrest continues in many of the middle-east oil producing countries and OPEC remain unchanging in their views on barrel production quotas.

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•Due to an increase in price per barrel costs of crude oil in Singapore, the pump price of unleaded fuel at many suburban retail stations has soared.

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