British company BP has increased its diesel fuel production to the maximum amount, as its price in the United Kingdom has exceeded the mark of 2 pounds sterling ($2.66) per liter, said the CEO of this oil giant, Meg O’Neill, reports The Times.

According to her, the company’s priorities have changed again: from jet fuel, the emphasis has been put back on increasing diesel production. Therefore, BP has reviewed the work of its oil refineries in order to produce as much diesel as possible.

O’Neill recalled that after the conflict that broke out in the Middle East in February, the company initially focused on diesel, as there were serious fears of its shortage in Australia, and stocks at some gasoline stations had completely run out.

They were able to arrange diesel supplies to Australia from both Rotterdam and the Cherry Point refinery on the US west coast to meet customer demand, the BP boss said at the Energy Intelligence Forum in London.

Then, when the next wave of the crisis began and concerns arose about airline supplies, BP turned its attention to jet fuel. As a result, the British company’s European refineries transformed the production process and began to produce 30% more jet fuel than before the conflict, she noted.

And now, when the priority is again on diesel, BP has once again focused all its efforts on maximizing its production, O’Neill added.

The BP refineries in the US and Europe process up to 1.5 million barrels of oil per day.