The national average price per gallon of diesel gasoline headed up for the eighth consecutive week, according to data issued today by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
With a 9.8-cent gain, the national average, for the week of February 23, came in at $3.809, representing the highest weekly gain since a 9.4-cent increase, to $3.50, for the week of January 26. This was preceded by a 2.3-cent gain, to $3.711, for the week of February 16, and 0.007-cetn increase, to $3.688, for the week of February 9.
This gain followed three weeks of sharp gains, including: a 5.7-cent increase, to $3.861, for the week of February 2; a 9.4-cent increase, to $3.50, for the week of January 26, and a 7.1-cent increase, to $3.530 per gallon, for the week of January 19. The latter two weeks of gains represent the highest ones since a 20.4-cent increase, to $3.775 per gallon, for the week of June 23, 2025.
Prior to the last six weeks of gains, the national average fell 1.8 cents, to $3.459, for the week of January 12, following a 2.3-cent decline, to $3.477, for the week of January 5, a 4.4-cent decline, to $3.500, for the week of December 29, and a 6.3-cent decline, to $3.544, for the week of December 22.
And before that, the national average saw a 5.8-cent decline, to $3.607, for the week of December 15, a 9.3-cent decline, to $3.758, for the week of December 8 (the steepest decline since the week of December 9, 2024, when it fell 8.2 cents, to $3.458 per gallon), and a 3.7-cent decline, to $3.831, for the week of December 1, for a cumulative 40.9-cent decline over that eight-week span.
On an annual basis, the national average rose 11.2 cents. WTI crude is currently trading at $63.95 on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
