The price of diesel has soared to nearly £2.50 a litre at a petrol station in Chelsea, west London.
It comes three days after the cost of filling an average family car with petrol rose to £100 for the first time.
BBC Radio London went to a Gulf petrol station on Sloane Avenue where prices hit 238.9p a litre for unleaded petrol and 249.9p for a litre of diesel.
WE IMPORT ABOUT 60% of our refined oil products from the UK .our best guide to future prices probably come from the UK market .£2.50 sterling is about 2.90 Euro ?