National diesel average jumps 6.5 cents, for week of April 8, reports EIA

The national average price per gallon of diesel gasoline increased for the third time in four weeks, for the week of April 8, according to data issued this week by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).

With a 6.5-cent increase, the national average came in at $4.061 per gallon. This follows a 3.8-cent decline, to $3.996, for the week of April 1, and a slight 0.006-cent increase, to $4.034, for the week of March 25, and a 2.4-cent increase, to $4.028, for the week of March 18.

That gain was preceded by 1.8-cent decline, to $4.004, for the week of March 11, a 3.6-cent decline, to $4.022, for the week of March 4, and a 5.1-cent decline (its largest weekly decrease in 2024), to $4.058, for the week of February 26, which followed matching $4.109 readings, for the weeks ending February 12 and February 19.  

Compared to the same week a year ago, the national average was down 10.9 cents, in line with the 9.4-cent decline, for the week of March 25, and below the annual declines seen over the three weeks prior to that, at 15.7 cents, 24.3 cents, and 26.0 cents, respectively.

The average price per barrel of WTI crude is currently trading at $86.42 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, topping the $85.89 reading a week ago at this time.