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Diesel prices reach all-time high, according to GasBuddy

Diesel prices reach all-time high, according to GasBuddy
April 30
07:55 2022

Diesel prices reached a new average all-time high of $5.16 per gallon on Saturday, April 29, surpassing the previous record of $5.15 per gallon set on March 10, according to GasBuddy, the fuel savings platform that lists gas prices in North America. Additionally, a second record has been set: diesel prices are now $1 per gallon higher than gasoline prices, surpassing the previous record 98-cent difference set in November, 2008.

In Breckenridge on Saturday, diesel prices ranged from $4.79 to $5.45 per gallon, with most gas stations selling it for $4.79 per gallon.

“While gasoline prices get much of the attention, diesel, which broadly is the fuel that moves the economy, has quietly surpassed its recent record high as distillate inventories, which include diesel and jet fuel, have plummeted to their lowest level in years,” Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, said in a news release. “Should distillate inventories fall another five million barrels, which is less than five percent, they will be at their lowest level in nearly 20 years, compounding the problem. There’s no quick solution as the economy has seen a robust turn around, made worse by Russia’s war on Ukraine as the West fences off Russia’s oil.”

Both diesel and gasoline prices spiked to record levels in early to mid-March, largely due to Russia’s war on Ukraine and the response via sanctions on Russian energy, according to De Haan. The recent resurgence in diesel prices can be attributed to continued escalations in the situation and plunging inventories of oil and refined products, like diesel, along with recovering demand as goods move across the country, much of which is powered by diesel fuel in semi-trucks, trains and ships.

Diesel prices in the Northeast are likely to rise above any other region due to the loss of refining capacity from both COVID-induced shutdowns and a 2019 fire at the Philadelphia Energy Solutions refinery in 2019. Combined, those issues have caused the loss of nearly half a million barrels in refining capacity.

Diesel prices are likely to remain at a substantial premium to gasoline as imbalances persist, however, refiners are likely adjusting yields to produce as much diesel and jet fuel, De Haan said. Economics favor production of those refined products and refiners chase the higher market value of the fuels.

 


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