Editing Filling station (section)

===Rest of the world===
[[File:GasStationHiroshima.jpg|thumb|left|Like many gasoline stands in Japan, this [[Showa Shell Sekiyu|Shell]] filling station has hoses that hang from above.]]
In other energy-importing countries such as Japan, gasoline and petroleum product prices are higher than in the United States because of fuel transportation costs and taxes.

On the other hand, some of the major oil-producing countries such as the [[Arab states of the Persian Gulf|Gulf states]], Iran, Iraq, and Venezuela provide subsidized fuel at well-below world market prices. This practice tends to encourage heavy consumption.

Hong Kong has some of the highest pump prices in the world, but most customers are given discounts as card members.

Singapore, like Hong Kong, also has similarly high pump prices, which are largely based on a pricing strategy called [[Mean of Platts Singapore]] (MOPS). As Singapore does not have any oil reserves of its own, the city-state has instead built several off-shore refineries to refine oil imported mostly from Indonesian oil fields, as the latter country does not have enough refining capacity and capability of its own. Because neighbouring country Malaysia has cheaper pump prices than Singapore, cars registered in Singapore crossing over into Malaysia are legally required to have at least three-quarters of a tank of fuel since 1991 to prevent evading fuel duties,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/three-quarter-tank-rule-checkpoints-include-vehicles-running-diesel|title=Three-quarter tank rule at checkpoints to include vehicles running on diesel|website=TODAYonline|access-date=2019-11-01}}</ref> and when filling up in Malaysia, Singaporean-and Thai-registered hybrid and petrol-powered vehicles are legally restricted to only fill up on unsubsidised, premium-grade RON97-100 petrol, as RON95 petrol in Malaysia is partially subsidised by the [[Government of Malaysia]] for the benefit of lower-income Malaysian residents.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/asia/jb-petrol-ron95-causeway-fuel-fine-singapore-malaysia-4056381 | title=JB petrol kiosks on 'high alert' for foreign vehicles pumping subsidised RON95 fuel amid larger fines of over RM1 million }}</ref>

In [[Western Australia]] a program called [[FuelWatch]] requires most filling stations to notify their "tomorrow prices" by 2{{nbsp}}pm each day; prices are changed at 6{{nbsp}}am each morning, and must be held for 24 hours. Each afternoon, the prices for the next day are released to the public and the media, allowing consumers to decide when to fill up.