Diesel fuel’s national average price fell 3.8 cents to $3.85 a gallon, its eighth drop in the past nine weeks, while gasoline rose for the first time in two months, the Department of Energy said.
July 6, 2011Business, Fuel
Diesel Fuel Price Falls 6.2¢ to $3.888 a Gallon
The average price of a gallon of retail diesel in the United States declined 6.2 cents to $3.888 last week, the Department of Energy reported.
July 4, 2011Business, Fuel
Diesel Falls 6.2¢ to $3.888 for Eighth Drop in 10 Weeks; Gas Declines 7.8¢ to $3.574
Diesel fell for the eighth week in the past ten, declining 6.2 cents to $3.888 a gallon, the Department of Energy said.
June 28, 2011Government, 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, 2011Business, 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, 2011Business
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, 2011Business, 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, 2011Business, 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, 2011Business, 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, 2011Business, 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