MarketsEquity MarketsPetrol pricesPrint articleRelief for motorists as oil price slides to its lowest point this yearJoshua PeachData journalistSep 4, 2024 – 3.22pmSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginMotorists are in line for a reprieve at the petrol bowser after a collapse in the price of oil signalled a return to normal following a rapid increase over the past year.Brent Crude has sunk more than 7 per cent since Monday, nearing $US72 a barrel – its lowest point so far this year – as signs of weakening global growth in China and the US weigh on the demand outlook for the commodity.Loading...Joshua Peach is a data journalist at The Australian Financial Review Email Joshua at joshua.peach@nine.com.auSaveLog in or Subscribe to save articleShareCopy linkCopiedEmailLinkedInTwitterFacebookCopy linkCopiedShare via...Gift this articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? LoginLicense articleIntroducing your NewsfeedFollow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.Find out moreRead MorePetrol pricesLibyaSharesOilOPECLatest In Equity marketsFetching latest articlesMost Viewed In MarketsThe Australian Financial Review MagazineWhat lurks beneath the stand-off over Sydney’s $750m new fish marketPrimrose RiordanWhy these Australian wines are at risk of extinctionHow much to tip? And other restaurant conundrums to chew onBOSS Financial ReviewHow execs slay the horror ‘sandwich’ of work, kids and ageing parentsHannah TattersallHow these brothers turned a side hustle into $100mHow this CEO wrote a report while cooking noodlesLife & LeisureArchitects are turning to the past to design the buildings of the futureRobert BevanIs this going to revolutionise the Friday night takeaway?Level up with a gold-accented ceramic watch and boho Hermès wedgesRich ListMike Cannon-Brookes loses two executives from private office Grok41 mins agoPrimrose RiordanShuffle follows Stake into the gutterToorak Rich Listers caught up in mansion fire