International oil prices have fallen significantly. As market concerns over geopolitical conflicts in the Middle East eased, international oil prices weakened after the start of a new week of trading, with losses widening during intraday trading on the 21st, and international crude oil futures prices closing sharply lower. As of the close that day, the October delivery light crude oil futures price on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell by US$4.52 to settle at US$95.78 per barrel, a decline of 4.51%; the November delivery London Brent crude oil futures price fell by US$3.53 to settle at US$100.34 per barrel, a decline of 3.4%.

According to the refined oil price adjustment rules, the oil price adjustment will take place at 24:00 on September 24. On September 17, the fourth working day of the cycle statistics, it is expected that gasoline and diesel prices will be raised by 610 yuan per ton and 590 yuan per ton respectively. Converted, No. 92 gasoline will rise by 0.49 yuan per liter, No. 95 gasoline will rise by 0.52 yuan per liter, and No. 0 diesel will rise by 0.5 yuan per liter.