Diesel Falls 2.8¢ to $2.017
Diesel fuel fell 2.8 cents to a $2.017 per-gallon national average, the lowest price in more than four years, the Department of Energy said Monday.
The price was the lowest since trucking’s main fuel averaged $1.986 on Feb. 14, 2005, DOE records showed.
The downturn left trucking’s main fuel $1.957 below the same week last year and $2.747 below the $4.764 record set last July. It has fallen in 33 of the past 35 weeks.
Gasoline, meanwhile, fell 3.1 cent to $1.91 a gallon, just the third decline in the past 11 weeks, DOE said.
The drop left gas $1.374 below the same week last year and $2.204 below the record $4.114 set last July.
After dipping below $2 in the Midwest region last week, diesel fell below that level in two more regions this week.
It averaged $1.988 in the Rocky Mountain region and $1.973 on the Gulf Coast, while remaining below $2 in the Midwest, at $1.965.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
