Diesel Drops 9.1¢ to $3.325
The national average price of diesel fuel fell for a second straight week, dropping 9.1 cents to $3.325 a gallon, the Energy Department said Monday.
Trucking’s main fuel recorded an all-time high of $3.444 a gallon two weeks ago before receding by 2.8 cents last week.
Regular gasoline, meanwhile, fell 6.1 cents to $3 a gallon, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations. Gasoline has declined 9.7 cents in the past two weeks.
In Europe, truckers feeling the brunt of worldwide high fuel prices pledged action, as Italian truckers began a five-day strike Monday, blocking roads and tunnels, Bloomberg reported.
Truckers in the United Kingdom are planning to blockade oil refineries in that country Saturday to protest high prices, Bloomberg said.
Diesel prices fell in all five U.S. regions, DOE said, led by a 10.9-cent drop in the Midwest to $3.276 a gallon.
The average price in California, which DOE breaks out separately, plunged 11.2 cents to $3.455, which was higher than all five national regions and edged out the West Coast average by 1.5 cents.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
