(Matt)
BP and Shell fuelled the anger of UK motorists today after the two firms racked up combined profits of more than £7 billion in three months.
The AA said drivers would be shocked to learn of the £3.3 million-an-hour first quarter earnings, at a time when rising oil prices had left them struggling with average unleaded petrol prices of around £5 a gallon.
AA president Edmund King said today: "The motorist feels somewhat battered from all sides, seeing the oil companies going off with cash in their pockets and the Treasury filling its coffers.
"It's the ordinary motorist that's bearing the brunt of this while the oil companies and the Government are laughing all the way to the bank."
(From the Independent)
