Don't forget that an imperial gallon is smaller than a US gallon and even at 6.25 dhs per gallon that is $1.70. Plus the 25% for the difference between both sides of the Atlantic gallons and you are above $2 a gallon. I filled up about 2 1/2 weeks ago in Orlando and it was $2.09 a US gallon. (53 cents a liter). I think if I am doing the math right that is in the ballpark as we like to say. Keep in mind that the UAE is the 5th largest producer of oil in the world and that would lend you to think that gas would be cheaper here than in the states but again my math could be wrong.
Media reports that the price of gas "might" drop next year? That proves my point to the T. There is no supply and demand here. Gas prices and everything else should fluctuate almost daily. Not 2-3 times a year.
As MAX AB says with very cheap labor here why are prices so high? There should be some relationship here between prices and wages and I don't think there is any relationship. Just my two cents worth.