Gas Price Report For May 21, 2018

Gas price trend for the week of May 21, 2018

Fort Lauderdale, FL – Gas prices continued their upward climb during the past week, according to the latest weekly survey from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The E.I.A.’s weekly fuel price survey shows the average price of gas jumped another nickel per gallon during the week to $2.92. That figure represents more than 30-cents’ worth of price hikes in the past two months, as crude oil prices surge amid global tensions and the approach of the summer driving season. Prices went up in all regions, although the range of increases varied widely, from just over two cents in the Lower Atlantic states, to over seven cents per gallon across the New England states, according to the weekly survey. Truckers were hit with a four-cent per gallon increase in average diesel prices this week. The E.I.A. reports the average price for a gallon of diesel is now $3.28. This week’s average fuel prices for all regions are shown below, as gathered from www.eia.gov.

E.I.A. Gas Price Survey

05/07/18 05/14/18 05/21/18 week ago year ago
U.S. 2.845 2.873 2.923 values are up 0.050 values are up 0.524
East Coast (PADD1) 2.792 2.820 2.860 values are up 0.040 values are up 0.533
  New England (PADD1A) 2.836 2.874 2.945 values are up 0.071 values are up 0.552
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.917 2.944 2.997 values are up 0.053 values are up 0.555
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.685 2.726 2.751 values are up 0.025 values are up 0.530
Midwest (PADD2) 2.697 2.782 2.851 values are up 0.069 values are up 0.536
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.589 2.613 2.676 values are up 0.063 values are up 0.527
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.821 2.922 2.968 values are up 0.046 values are up 0.587
West Coast (PADD5) 3.464 3.405 3.435 values are up 0.030 values are up 0.502
  West Coast less California 3.173 3.166 3.208 values are up 0.042 values are up 0.552

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

05/07/18 05/14/18 05/21/18 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.171 3.239 3.277 values are up 0.038 values are up 0.738
East Coast (PADD1) 3.178 3.236 3.271 values are up 0.035 values are up 0.683
  New England (PADD1A) 3.215 3.251 3.282 values are up 0.031 values are up 0.656
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.336 3.380 3.420 values are up 0.040 values are up 0.687
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.061 3.132 3.163 values are up 0.031 values are up 0.684
Midwest (PADD2) 3.092 3.175 3.218 values are up 0.043 values are up 0.750
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.955 3.012 3.055 values are up 0.043 values are up 0.671
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.249 3.316 3.348 values are up 0.032 values are up 0.719
West Coast (PADD5) 3.662 3.731 3.765 values are up 0.034 values are up 0.937
  West Coast less California 3.409 3.482 3.503 values are up 0.021 values are up 0.778
  California 3.863 3.929 3.973 values are up 0.044 values are up 1.061

*PADD stands for Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts. Charts from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/