Gas Price Report For July 9, 2018

Gas price trend for week of July 9, 2018

Fort Lauderdale, FL – The nation’s gas prices continued ticking upward during the past week, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The E.I.A.’s weekly fuel price survey shows the cost of a gallon of regular unleaded is now about $2.86 nationwide, an increase of over a penny since last week’s report. Prices went up in nearly all regions, remaining largely static across the Rocky Mountain states. Elsewhere, prices went up anywhere from a penny to two cents per gallon. Diesel fuel prices moved up only slightly, according to this week’s survey report, though most truckers are not likely to notice the change. The average cost of a gallon of diesel increased just over a half penny per gallon, keeping the nationwide average at about $3.24, according to the E.I.A. This week’s average fuel prices for all regions are shown below, as gathered from www.eia.gov.

E.I.A. Gas Price Survey

06/25/18 07/02/18 07/09/18 week ago year ago
U.S. 2.833 2.844 2.857 values are up 0.013 values are up 0.560
East Coast (PADD1) 2.761 2.769 2.781 values are up 0.012 values are up 0.559
  New England (PADD1A) 2.875 2.882 2.889 values are up 0.007 values are up 0.607
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.904 2.909 2.928 values are up 0.019 values are up 0.572
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.640 2.652 2.660 values are up 0.008 values are up 0.556
Midwest (PADD2) 2.718 2.762 2.781 values are up 0.019 values are up 0.556
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.615 2.604 2.619 values are up 0.015 values are up 0.587
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.960 2.968 2.966 values are down -0.002 values are up 0.625
West Coast (PADD5) 3.409 3.393 3.394 values are up 0.001 values are up 0.575
  West Coast less California 3.219 3.206 3.201 values are down -0.005 values are up 0.605

E.I.A. Diesel Price Survey

06/25/18 07/02/18 07/09/18 week ago year ago
U.S. 3.216 3.236 3.243 values are up 0.007 values are up 0.762
East Coast (PADD1) 3.215 3.226 3.238 values are up 0.012 values are up 0.715
  New England (PADD1A) 3.281 3.282 3.279 values are down -0.003 values are up 0.701
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.380 3.390 3.405 values are up 0.015 values are up 0.733
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.086 3.102 3.112 values are up 0.010 values are up 0.705
Midwest (PADD2) 3.143 3.171 3.176 values are up 0.005 values are up 0.755
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.978 3.002 3.004 values are up 0.002 values are up 0.693
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.321 3.358 3.370 values are up 0.012 values are up 0.786
West Coast (PADD5) 3.735 3.746 3.749 values are up 0.003 values are up 0.978
  West Coast less California 3.453 3.475 3.471 values are down -0.004 values are up 0.818
  California 3.959 3.960 3.970 values are up 0.010 values are up 1.103

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

Author: Danny Pryor

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