Fuel

Diesel’s fourth-quarter national average pump price will fall to $3.68 per gallon, the Department of Energy said Oct. 7, lowering its most recent forecast by 6 cents.

Clean Energy said it expects to open three public natural-gas stations as Dillon Transport continues to convert its fleet to natural gas-powered trucks.

Diesel fell 2.2 cents to $3.733 a gallon, its 14th straight week without an increase and 25th decline in the past 30 weeks, the Department of Energy reported Oct. 6.

Former Pilot Flying J President Mark Hazelwood has been named a “target” of an ongoing federal probe into fuel rebate fraud, according to a Cleveland television station.

The trade deficit in the U.S. shrank in August to the lowest level in seven months as exports edged up to a record.

West Texas Intermediate oil fell below $90 for the first time in 17 months amid signs that supplies from Russia, Saudi Arabia and the U.S. are outstripping demand.

Volvo Trucks said it is postponing its planned compression-ignition liquefied natural gas engine for the North American market.

Diesel dropped 2.3 cents — the same decline as last week — to $3.755 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Sept. 29.

Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and put the U.S. energy revival at risk, the head of an oil industry trade group said.

Pennsylvania is seeking to build 37 public compressed natural gas fueling stations through a public-private partnership.