Diesel Holds at $4.692; Gas Jumps 4.3¢ to $4.082
The national average price of diesel held at $4.692 a gallon from a week ago, while gasoline continued its string of increases in rising 4.3 cents to a record $4.082, the Department of Energy reported.
The diesel level was $1.887 over than the same week last year, while gas was $1.073 higher than the same week a year ago, DOE said following its weekly survey of filling stations.
The diesel price fell in DOE’s West Coast region by 2.2 cents to $4.852, while it gained 0.9 cent on the East Coast, to $4.752.
In California, which DOE breaks out separately, the price dipped 2.3 cents to $4.969, DOE said.
Crude oil hit an intraday record high of $139.89 a barrel Monday before falling back to close at $134.61 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, down 25 cents from Friday’s closing price, Bloomberg reported.
Each week, DOE surveys about 350 diesel filling stations to compile a national snapshot average price.
