Gas quickly catching up to diesel price

Klystron · Apr 29, 2011

Driving around today I've noticed that gas is only about 5-8 cents cheaper than diesel. It looks like diesel will be cheaper than gas soon if gas keeps going up at the rate its been.

What about you guys are you seeing the same price spread in your area?

ymz · Apr 29, 2011

Klystron said:
It looks like diesel will be cheaper than gas soon

Correction: you mean "It looks like gas will be more expensive than diesel soon..."

(Actually, most of the time that's the case up here in Canada...)

Yuri

listerone · Apr 29, 2011

In the several years since I got my first diesel I've found that,in the warmer months,the diesel/gasoline ratio is more in favor of diesel than it is in winter.I'll wager that that has at least something to do with the price of home heating oil the price of which is highest,by far,in the colder months.

Max Period · Apr 29, 2011

Today I saw a Shell station with the following:
Gasoline: $1.38 / L (87 AKI)
Diesel: $1.30 / L (price has been frozen at this price for about 2 months)

IndigoBlueWagon · Apr 29, 2011

At my local Sunoco RUG is $3.99, Premium is $4.25, and Diesel is $4.15. A few weeks ago diesel was $.30 higher than premium. May be because of the end of the oil heating season. Didn't we see diesel cheaper than RUG in '08?

Max Period · Apr 29, 2011

At least in USA, premium gasoline is only a little bit more expansive than regular gasoline (87 AKI).

In Canada, premium gasoline (91 AKI) is super expensive compared to regular gasoline. Around now premium costs about $1.5 / L.

MPBsr · Apr 29, 2011

Diesel is about 30 cents more than rug in NJ.

It's been higher ever since they came out with ULSD

El Dobro · Apr 29, 2011

.26 difference between regular and D2 at the Gulf I filled up at tonight. At the other end of my street, there's a 7-11 and regular was only .14 cheaper. Plus and premium were .05 and .15 more than D2. If regular ever goes past diesel here, I'll never hear a peep out of the guys at work.

Dunno513 · Apr 29, 2011

IndigoBlueWagon said:
Didn't we see diesel cheaper than RUG in '08?

Not in 08. That was the summer of 4.05 RUG and 4.79 D2. At one point that year I filled up with a $1.00 spread.

MPBsr said:
It's been higher ever since they came out with ULSD

Maybe in NJ, but there have been a few years with D2 under RUG in early spring and once during late summer since 2006 IIRC correctly without my chart infront of me.. the most ever was $0.17 in favor of D2. Most of the time just a few pennies...

numl0ck · Apr 30, 2011

I noticed that too. I filled up in NH and diesel was more expensive than premium, but only by a couple cents. When I got home to CT, diesel was within a few pennies of mid-grade. Maybe I won't have to answer the question "Oh, you're paying so much for diesel, why would you buy one?"

Klystron · Apr 30, 2011

That's about the only thing good about living in Texas seems to be the fuel prices compared to the rest of the states. Any time I get ticked at paying $3.89 for diesel I just look on Gasbuddy.com at what you guys in the east coast and Kalifornia are paying.

DnA Diesel · Apr 30, 2011

Max Period said:
Today I saw a Shell station with the following:
Gasoline: $1.38 / L (87 AKI)
Diesel: $1.30 / L (price has been frozen at this price for about 2 months)

This was last week (23 Apr 2011) in Kingston.
Diesel has been cheaper than all grades of gasoline for several weeks now. In the past, usually only regular was cheaper, with mid-grade and premium the most expensive.

flatlanded · Apr 30, 2011

Less demand for diesel at the moment. Gas prices are high due to most refineries being in shut down. Diesel demand is low due to flooding keeping the farmers from seeding. Makes a big difference.

DnA Diesel · Apr 30, 2011

flatlanded said:
Less demand for diesel at the moment. Gas prices are high due to most refineries being in shut down. Diesel demand is low due to flooding keeping the farmers from seeding. Makes a big difference.

A couple of questions based on the above:

1) What refineries in North America are currently closed that would result in shortages of gasoline, yet result in a surplus of diesel?

2) What portion do you believe farm diesel to be, relative to overall diesel consumption (on-road Class 8 trucks, trains, off-road construction, etc..)?

I would be willing to consider that the warming weather and reduced demand for home heating oil has a far greater moderating effect on diesel pricing than tractors staying out of the fields for a week or two.

Dimitri16V · May 1, 2011

flatlanded said:
Less demand for diesel at the moment. Gas prices are high due to most refineries being in shut down. Diesel demand is low due to flooding keeping the farmers from seeding. Makes a big difference.

and the diesel isn't coming off the refinery ?

cookk · May 1, 2011

It varies a bit in Southern IL. I have seen diesel about $.15 higher to $.10 lower at a local Handee Mart. It seems to be coming in line with Reg.

turbocharged798 · May 1, 2011

Here: D2 is like $0.50+ MORE than regular in southern NY. Complete BS.

Go to Northern NJ and its only like a $0.20 difference.

thebigarniedog · May 1, 2011

Diesel has been between $3.99 to $4.09 in Ohio for the last month. Gas has spiked to $4.15 here. I am hardly excited ......

AARodriguez Corp. · May 1, 2011

If gas prices exceed diesel I can't wait to see what it does to the value of our TDI's...literally I think I could sell my cars for at least 50% more for than I could have a 8 months ago. very tempting....I wish I had a crystal ball that could show me the future

timwagon · May 1, 2011

Diesel price now in line with mid-grade gasoline at many Long Island stations.

At around $4.25 - $4.30 a gallon that's no bargain, but its good to see it's not going up as quickly as gasoline, at least not in the past few weeks.

snakeye · May 1, 2011

Gas here in Montreal is in the low $1.40s, and diesel is around $1.36/L.

jbleu101 · May 1, 2011

RUG was 4.15 on Friday while Diesel was 4.17. Bout.damn.time. I bought my car in Oct. 2004 and diesel had been less than RUG for quite some time prior to that. By January of 2005 diesel became more expensive and I believe this is the closest the two have been since then. Interestingly, my car still achieves better total fuel economy than most gas cars up until about 2009 when several small POS honda's and Hyundai's were able to obtain 38 mpg, but they are not fun to drive, and they are gas engines without the longevity of the diesel. I still swear by my 2002ALH and it being a better, heavier more fun to drive car than all of the gas competition currently available.

markman · May 2, 2011

Around here Diesel seems to have dropped a little to $3.95-$4.10/gallon while RUG is creeping up to $3.85 or so and mid-grade close to $4.00. Some stations are showing diesel below mid-grade. Looks like I picked the perfect time (at least for now) to buy a TDI

MacBuckeye · May 2, 2011

NC prices

Here in Raleigh, NC diesel is $3.95 to $4.07. RUG is now in the $3.78 - $3.89 range with Super/Premium at $3.99 - $4.12.

Not exactly jumping up and down. It would be nice to have diesel under $3.00/gal. Been too busy to follow world markets to see what is really going on with fuel/petroleum prices.

I do like seeing the newer VW TDI's on the road!

Jettajunky · May 3, 2011

Here in central WV I saw RUG and D2 both for $4.19

n1das · May 4, 2011

MacBuckeye said:
I do like seeing the newer VW TDI's on the road!

Same here. It seems like they're multiplying around here in the metro Boston area.

In the south end of Nashua NH today by the NH/MA state line: RUG @ $3.929/USgallon, D2 @ $4.109/USgallon. I didn't see the MUG and PUG prices.

Dusty Sidewinds · May 4, 2011

The wholesale price of diesel is about 15 cents lower than regular gas now.

manual_tranny · May 4, 2011

I saw diesel lower than RUG today. 4.19 for diesel, 4.25 for RUG. I didn't know what town I was going through... though it was south of Flint an hour or so.

halocline · May 5, 2011

flatlanded said:
Less demand for diesel at the moment. Gas prices are high due to most refineries being in shut down. Diesel demand is low due to flooding keeping the farmers from seeding. Makes a big difference.

Gee whiz, I was under the mistaken impression that prices were simply the result of rampant greed by the oil companies. I'm always impressed by how EVERY SINGLE oil supply 'crisis' results in new record profits for the oil companies. It a nice business when interruptions and cost increases in your supply, even imaginary ones, actually increase your profit rather than decrease it.

c17chief · May 5, 2011

MPBsr said:
Diesel is about 30 cents more than rug in NJ.

It's been higher ever since they came out with ULSD

.18/gal difference in my neck of the woods currently. Even less if you compare the higher priced gas stations (that dont carry diesel) to the average D2 prices of other stations. But yeah, always seems to be .30 at any given time normally.

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