diesel News Updates

Government, Business

Arkansas Truckers Rethink Higher Diesel Tax After Poll Shows Broad Public Disapproval

Arkansas truckers, whose leadership convinced state legislators to approve a 5-cent-a-gallon diesel tax increase for highway repairs, are seeking a new funding source after a plan to put the tax proposal before the voters ran into stiff opposition.

June 27, 2011
Business, Fuel, Government

Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $3.95 a Gallon; DOE to Open Strategic Petroleum Reserve

The average price of a gallon of retail diesel dipped for the sixth time in the past seven weeks, even before 28 nations agreed June 23 to release 60 million barrels of crude oil from their strategic reserves in a bid to drive fuel prices lower around the world.

June 27, 2011
Business

N.C. Diesel, Gasoline Taxes to Rise 2.5 Cents in July

Motor carriers filling up in North Carolina will be paying 2.5 cents more in diesel taxes beginning July 1.

June 23, 2011
Business, Fuel

Diesel Dips 0.4¢ to $3.95 a Gallon; Gasoline Falls for Sixth Week

Diesel’s national average pump price dipped 0.4 cent to $3.95 a gallon, while gasoline took its sixth straight decline, dropping 6.1 cents to $3.652, the Department of Energy said.

June 21, 2011
Business, Fuel

Diesel Fuel Price Rises After Five Consecutive Weekly Declines

Reversing five weeks of decline, the average price of a gallon of diesel rose 1.4 cents a gallon last week to $3.954, the Department of Energy reported.

June 20, 2011
Business, Fuel

Diesel Rises 1.4¢ to $3.954; Gas Drops 6.8¢

Diesel’s national average rose 1.4 cents to $3.954 a gallon, its first increase in six weeks, while gasoline dropped 6.8 cents to $3.713, the Department of Energy said.

June 14, 2011
Business, Fuel, Logistics, Government, Autonomous

CTA Fuel Expert Challenges Biodiesel Claims

An expert hired by the Canadian Trucking Alliance is disputing claims made by the Canadian renewable fuels industry that diesel fuel buyers would save dramatically if the federal government proceeds with a proposed biodiesel mandate on July 1.

June 13, 2011
Business, Fuel

Diesel Fuel Price Drifts Down to $3.94 Following Fifth Straight Decline

U.S. retail diesel prices dipped 0.8 cent a gallon last week, the fifth consecutive weekly decline, as the national average declined to $3.94, the Department of Energy reported.

June 13, 2011
Business, Fuel

Diesel to Average $3.87 This Year, DOE Says

Diesel will average $3.87 a gallon this year, the Department of Energy said, lowering its most recent forecast by 2 cents.

June 7, 2011
Business, Fuel

Diesel Dips 0.8¢ to $3.94 in Fifth Straight Decline; Gasoline Falls 1.3¢ to $3.781

Diesel’s national average fell 0.8 cent to $3.94 a gallon, its fifth straight decline, while gasoline fell 1.3 cents to $3.781, the Department of Energy said Monday.

June 7, 2011