MarketsEquity MarketsPetrol pricesPrint articleRelief for motorists as oil price slides to its lowest point this yearJoshua PeachMarkets reporterSep 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 MagazineSports stars keep shifting their watch brand allegiancesBani McSpeddenDark Emu beer with native grains at this destination breweryCrocs turn 23 years old. Time to grow up and get shoesBOSS Financial ReviewFour women who started businesses after the age of 45Sally PattenWhat happened when Domain learnt it spent $36m a year on meetingsThe country’s highest-paid directors revealedLife & LeisureA backyard beehive and an on-trend merino sweater to wear this winterEugenie KellyWill BMW’s Neue Klasse range be the game-changing EVs they promise?The Australian gallery that made art fun turns 20Rich ListProperty billionaire Nick Andrianakos dies in GreeceYolanda RedrupCannon-Brookes describes ‘deep internal conflict’ over his private jetOscar Piastri on the secret of his $41m-a year success