Free petrol stations are cheaper than brand.
This conclusion is reached at which Alba Maria Madrid, student of the Faculty of Business of the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) in his Final Project.
The work has identified the "Top 5" service stations cheaper and more expensive "Top 5" during the two months that has made the data collection.
The following table shows the ranking.
The cheapest gas station for diesel A Torre Pacheco is located in the industrial area La Hita, with an average price of 1,088 while the most expensive is in San Pedro del Pinatar with an average price of 1,264.
The research results confirm that significant differences exist between the prices of the major brands and the prices of independent gas stations.
For example, during the period in which has been conducted this study the average price of diesel fuels was 1.188 (1.302 to Gasoline 95) while for bearers stations was 1.218 (1.343 to gasoline 95).
Therefore, on average branded gas stations have prices for diesel A 3 cents higher per book of diesel and 4 gasoline 95 cents.
Madrid has developed a model to confirm that each station managers take into account the price of diesel fuels stations closest to when setting your price service, but otherwise not have this factor into account when setting the Gasoline price 95. "This effect is possibly due to the demand of diesel is much higher and mainly due to transportation professionals who are very sensitive to fuel prices."
To make the project the student, supervised by Professor Fernando A. Lopez, Department of Quantitative Methods, has been observed for more than 50 days between May and June this year, fuel prices of petrol stations of the District of Cartagena .
Therefore, it has studied the 81 stations of the Region that are contained in the portal Geoportalgasolineras.es ministry.
The objectives of this project, she says the student, have been "analyze the price difference between the free and brand gas stations or You champion while checking if the fuel prices of each station is set based on prices of petrol stations of the environment ".
Torre-Pacheco
Repsol
The Hita industrial estate
1,088
San Javier
Repsol
Crta. De Balsicas, 64
1,097
Cartagena
Galp
Ctra. Tentegorra 1.10 km
1,121
San Pedro del Pinatar
Campsa Express
Av. Dr. Artero Guirao 12
1,123
Cartagena
Eroski
Av. Del Canton 25
1,125
Cartagena
Shell
Sebastian Feringa Street, s / n
1,243
San Javier
Repsol
Avenida Gran Vía, s / n
1,243
Cabo de Palos
Repsol
MU-312 km.
14.9
1,244
Mazarrón
Galp
AP-7 km.
848
1,262
San Pedro Pinatar
Repsol
C / El Puerto
1,264
Source: UPCT