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At the beginning of the month, there was about a 54 cent difference between a gallon of gas and diesel. Now, it’s widened to an average of 92 cents. The average price of gas in the Green Bay area is $2.96. The average price for diesel is $3.88.Gas analysts say the difference mostly boils down to supply and demand.
“Each type of fuel whether it be gasoline, diesel, or jet fuel has its own fundamentals, its own supply and demand issues,” said Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com.
DeHaan says demand for diesel has especially surged in developing countries like South America and China. He says here, in North Dakota, oil production has impacted the increased demand.
“A lot of the construction equipment, the vehicles that are involved in drilling production are all powered by diesel, whether it be generators or drilling rigs or pickup trucks,” said DeHaan.
Do refineries schedule when they'll produce diesel and when they won't? If they do maybe they aren't producing diesel right now.
