The rising price of crude oil and a blockade that prevented gasoline deliveries for part of September inflated British consumer prices by 0.7 percent last month.

Gasoline Down Daily Limit The restricted July gasoline delivery closed down the daily limit of 2 cents, at 62.85 cents.

All gasoline deliveries from May through next September, the peak driving season, advanced their maximum daily limit of 2 cents a gallon.

The Pentagon is looking into accusations that Kellogg Brown & Root overcharged the government $61 million for gasoline delivery.

In September, gasoline deliveries rose 1.8 percent compared with the same month a year earlier, when the price was about $1.50 a gallon.

And gasoline marketing divisions were unable to recover higher costs for wholesale gasoline deliveries because of the major oil companies' response to the President's call to keep retail prices in check.

Scrutinized by critics claiming it is profiteering from war, Halliburton has reluctantly admitted to overcharging the Pentagon for services like food preparation and gasoline delivery for American troops.

Four weeks after the United Nations imposed an oil embargo in an attempt to force Haiti's military rulers to return the nation to democracy, the Shell Oil Company resumed gasoline deliveries today.

Spreading protests over high fuel prices all but halted gasoline deliveries across Britain today, forcing most service stations to close for lack of fuel.

But he added that gasoline deliveries, up 3.9 percent for the quarter, seemed to indicate that more miles are being driven, since there is limited gasoline storage capacity.