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August 30, 2000 10:58 AM, EDT

The price of diesel fuel jumped to the highest level seen in 22 weeks, amid predictions of still higher prices to come.

	Fuel Prices
	Week of Aug. 21:
	source	price		change
	DOE	147.1		+2.4
	Comdata*	143.0		+4.0
	OPIS self-serve*	144.2		+4.0
	OPIS wholesale*	92.2		+4.7
	*Comdata and OPIS figures are for the week of Aug.12-18. Click here for more fuel prices.

According to the Energy Information Administration, the national average retail price of diesel fuel on Aug. 21 was $1.471 a gallon, which was 2.4 cents above the previous week.

The price of diesel fuel has been tracking the rising price of crude oil for the past three weeks.

Crude climbed on the New York Mercantile Exchange from $29.98 a barrel on Aug. 7 to $31.98 on Aug. 21.

For the full story, see the Aug. 28 print edition of Transport Topics. .