Hydrogen, which has been touted as the fuel of the future much of the past five decades, finally may be on the verge of converting its potential to reality.

Gasoline in New York jumped the most in almost eight years, and its premium to crude prices soared 60% after an explosion and fire Oct. 31 in Alabama shut the largest fuel pipeline in the United States, killing one person and injuring more. Traders rushed to book cargoes from Europe.

Diesel is the cheapest versus gasoline for this time of year in at least a decade as inventories surge and mild temperatures reduce heating demand.

Retail gasoline prices tumbled to the lowest level in more than three months in the Lundberg Survey as crude oil dropped for a sixth straight week.

Refiners are poised to make gasoline at a record pace this year, keeping the biggest U.S. crude glut in more than 80 years from overflowing storage.

U.S. retail gasoline prices in the Lundberg Survey dropped as crude oil fell to the lowest level in six years.

Rail shipments of crude and refined products fell last week to the lowest level since October 2013 after a derailment shut a track in Illinois for four days.