Sound Off on Current Diesel Price

boutmuet · Sep 20, 2009

Paid $2.599 for diesel at Chevron in Garden Grove yesterday afternoon. Regular was around $3.

rkskeet · Sep 20, 2009

Here in State College, Pa D2 prices range from $2.65 to $2.75, $2.79 with the highest at $2.82.. Quite a spread.. RUG at most stations is $2.59.. I do have a question though being a new diesel owner.. Why is the spread for diesel fuel much greater than RUG??.. In most cases, RUG is gernerally priced the same or just a few cents difference at fuel stations in a given area.. Yet, diesel seems to have prices which vary more... Just interested if someone knows why this may be... Thanks..

TDI2Fan · Sep 21, 2009

ULSD - $2.379 @Southern States by Shannon Airport; B10 - $2.539 @Quarles Shell, I should have purchased B10

Dimitri16V · Sep 21, 2009

rkskeet said:
Here in State College, Pa D2 prices range from $2.65 to $2.75, $2.79 with the highest at $2.82.. Quite a spread.. RUG at most stations is $2.59.. I do have a question though being a new diesel owner.. Why is the spread for diesel fuel much greater than RUG??.. In most cases, RUG is gernerally priced the same or just a few cents difference at fuel stations in a given area.. Yet, diesel seems to have prices which vary more... Just interested if someone knows why this may be... Thanks..

it's called "gouging"

Fobulous · Sep 27, 2009

It's $2.49 here in most of the Shell stations here. For some reason i have lots of Shell stations near where i live.

I do hear good things about Shell Diesels though

lovemybug · Sep 28, 2009

Seeing gas come way down the last week or so. I saw today that it was down to $2.39 at some stations in my area, whereas diesel was still at $2.65. Hopefully that starts coming down as well again, but it's sure better than the price has been the last couple years.

boutmuet · Sep 29, 2009

Filled at chevron on newhope in Santa Ana for $2.65 a gallon

rhussjr · Sep 29, 2009

$2.369 in SC on I-85 at exit #80.

Bears Fan · Oct 4, 2009

ULSD = $2.55 when I filled up yesterday.

TDI2Fan · Oct 5, 2009

ULSD - $2.429 @Southern States by Shannon Airport; B5 - $2.459 @Quarles Shell at I-95 & Route 3, One car at each place. Winterized ULSD is only B5 vice B10 the rest of the year.

cswaner@peoplepc.com · Oct 5, 2009

Paid $2.779 At Chevron Station when I filled up ULSD on 10/3/2009

aja8888 · Oct 5, 2009

ULSD = $2.38 when I filled up yesterday.

Thorne · Oct 7, 2009

Ouch! #2 still pricey here in Northern CA, paid $2.84 at a Pilot station on I-5 south of Williams and that's the lowest I've seen.

As above, why the large spread in prices nationally? Higher gasoline prices in CA are always justified / explained by higher / different mixes to meet emission standards -- but that doesn't apply to diesel. So why is it the highest here, and are there any "real" reasons for this cost structure?

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp

TornadoRed · Oct 7, 2009

Thorne said:
... why the large spread in prices nationally? Higher gasoline prices in CA are always justified / explained by higher / different mixes to meet emission standards -- but that doesn't apply to diesel. So why is it the highest here, and are there any "real" reasons for this cost structure?

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/oog/info/gdu/gasdiesel.asp

The eastern two-thirds of the country is connected by pipelines, or close enough to seaports to be part of the same market. But the west coast is a totally separate market, so shortages or surpluses in the east do not have any real impact in the west. California is more affected by demand in Asia than by what happens east of the Mississippi.

Spdmini · Oct 7, 2009

2.59 and holding in Fort Smith,AR. RUG is on the decline it was 2.18 last I looked.

BlueGraphite'10TDI · Oct 8, 2009

Im loving the souther AZ prices... Diesel=2.29. Gas=2.49. Lol... I filled up on monday for 26 bucks!

TornadoRed · Oct 8, 2009

BlueGraphite'10TDI said:
Im loving the souther AZ prices... Diesel=2.29. Gas=2.49. Lol... I filled up on monday for 26 bucks!

Gila Bend is probably even cheaper -- anyone traveling west toward California, that is your last chance to get reasonably-priced fuel.

k1xv · Oct 8, 2009

The lowest ULSD diesel price around here is $2.569 in Brattleboro Vermont at the Irving station. In my small town of 550 souls we have a Mobil station/convenience store. ULSD there is $2.609

TDI2Fan · Oct 15, 2009

ULSD - $2.469 @Southern States by Shannon Airport; B5 - $2.499 @Quarles Shell at I-95 & Route 3.

mackconsult · Oct 15, 2009

Cheapest around here (Portland, OR) is 2.599 out at Chevron on Sandy Blvd.

Last summer I sat back after filling my tundra, boat, and taurus wagon and spending $250 on gas. There had to be a better way.

Here I am today spending about $50 on diesel every two weeks, and collecting 15 gallons of WVO every week. LOVE my diesels.

TornadoRed · Oct 15, 2009

Fuel prices are going up. Today's EIA report showed a sharp drop in refinery utilization, for good reason as the RBOB crack spread is barely above zero. Distillate inventories dropped slightly, they were expected to rise slightly. Gasoline inventories fell much more than expected.

In June and August, the December crude oil contract bumped into a ceiling at around the $76-77/barrel price. Today it has broken through that technical barrier and may rise rapidly toward $80, $85, $90 or higher. Distillates such as diesel will probably rise faster than gasoline, for seasonal factors.

So the $2.56-2.60 prices for diesel around here are likely to climb soon toward $2.75 and then $3.00. The bulls are on a rampage and, while Geitner's Treasury Department will talk about supporting the dollar, they do not actually plan to do a thing.

mackconsult · Oct 15, 2009

Guess I will be installing that WVO frybrid kit sooner rather than later

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TornadoRed said:
Fuel prices are going up. Today's EIA report showed a sharp drop in refinery utilization, for good reason as the RBOB crack spread is barely above zero. Distillate inventories dropped slightly, they were expected to rise slightly. Gasoline inventories fell much more than expected.

In June and August, the December crude oil contract bumped into a ceiling at around the $76-77/barrel price. Today it has broken through that technical barrier and may rise rapidly toward $80, $85, $90 or higher. Distillates such as diesel will probably rise faster than gasoline, for seasonal factors.

So the $2.56-2.60 prices for diesel around here are likely to climb soon toward $2.75 and then $3.00. The bulls are on a rampage and, while Geitner's Treasury Department will talk about supporting the dollar, they do not actually plan to do a thing.

Karl640502 · Oct 15, 2009

European prices are about a euro per litre at best (varies from 0,84 to 1,20), so about $5,67 per US gal.
So, when in Europe, bring your own diesel. Yes, it's heavily taxed.

TornadoRed · Oct 15, 2009

mackconsult said:
Guess I will be installing that WVO frybrid kit sooner rather than later .

Penny wise, pound foolish.

cswaner@peoplepc.com · Oct 15, 2009

Just paid $2.699 for Diesel at Chevron Station. Utah has some of the highest gas/diesel prices in the country and we have many refineries as well.

TornadoRed · Oct 15, 2009

cswaner@peoplepc.com said:
Just paid $2.699 for Diesel at Chevron Station. Utah has some of the highest gas/diesel prices in the country and we have many refineries as well.

Yes, but you cannot take advantage of surpluses in other parts of the country. I think you are mostly self-sufficient.

triskaideka · Oct 15, 2009

Beaumont, Tx

10/12/09 $2.469 in Lumberton Area [ SHell, Conoco ]
10/12/09 $2.569 in Kirbyville Area [ Cononco ]

I am new at this, I have noticed a big decrease in my MPG since moving to Texas from PA (season or heat never mattered in PA) My 2002 and 2006 TDI's averaged between 42-50, now here in Texas it is 38 - 46, and burns more on idle than in past. Mexico Diesel is great, at 65 - 70 mph I get between 55-60 over a 6 hour period on super high ways, but tails drastically around Mexico City in the Mountains.

My 2006 best MPG is found between 55-60mph (46-48), but I get my 42+ while averaging a bit faster than that. My best in the 2006 TDI is 48.6 mpg last year on our evacuation from SOuth Texas to Philadelphia during IKE.

jimnms · Oct 15, 2009

Karl640502 said:
European prices are about a euro per litre at best (varies from 0,84 to 1,20), so about $5,67 per US gal.
So, when in Europe, bring your own diesel. Yes, it's heavily taxed.

At current exchange rates, that comes out to $3.79 USD per gallon.

rotarykid · Oct 16, 2009

TornadoRed said:
Gila Bend is probably even cheaper -- anyone traveling west toward California, that is your last chance to get reasonably-priced fuel.

On the drive from Denver to S.CAL , St. George & Richfield UT are the cheapest place to fill on the drive . Everywhere south & west of there is .20-.50 a gal more expensive for gas & diesel .

On the drive from Denver to the east MO , KY , VA & Tenn are the cheapest in that order .

Fixmy59bug · Oct 16, 2009

Karl640502 said:
European prices are about a euro per litre at best (varies from 0,84 to 1,20), so about $5,67 per US gal.
So, when in Europe, bring your own diesel. Yes, it's heavily taxed.

So what you are saying is that Europe is not as glamorous as we americans tend to believe?

Buy a gas powered vehicle and pay heavy insurance premiums and taxes due to emissions or buy a diesel and pay heavy taxes on the fuel.

Point taken.

Thanks for the heads up.

LOL

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