Diesel Fuel Prices... :(

[Bailey Guns]

What happened to diesel fuel prices in the last two weeks? Gas prices are falling like a rock and diesel prices are climbing like a rocket!

Gas is down to $2.76 in the Conifer/Bailey area. Diesel prices fell to around $3.42 the first part of Nov and literally overnight went to $3.89 gallon.

I know demand for diesel doesn't fall in the winter like gasoline demand does and I know the refining capability for diesel isn't near what it is for gasoline in the US. I'm just curious if there's a reason I haven't heard about.

[roberth]

Interesting, found these.

http://www.truckinginfo.com/list/tag/diesel-prices.aspx

http://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=31&t=9

http://fox11online.com/2014/11/12/de...sel-prices-up/

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.

[Great-Kazoo]

The thin blue line is preventing truckers from delivering this much needed liquid gold to service stations.

[BushMasterBoy]

Heating oil demand...

[Bailey Guns]

^^...Yeah, I figured that might be part of it since they're almost the same.

[MED]

I was really pissed when I filled up last time so I pulled out the gas Yukon and I am driving that for awhile. I am annoyed that I didn't fill my fuel cans before the 45 cent spike last weekend. The heating oil thing always impacts diesel, but I think it is just a compensatory way of offsetting the price of gas.

[Dave_L]

Yeah, it stings. For me, its not so bad because I have a 3 mile commute. Even at .45/gallon difference, 20 gallons only adds $9 to the fill up. I only have to do that a couple times a month so not terrible. If I had to fill up twice a week, that'd be different.

[MED]

Yeah, it stings. For me, its not so bad because I have a 3 mile commute. Even at .45/gallon difference, 20 gallons only adds $9 to the fill up. I only have to do that a couple times a month so not terrible. If I had to fill up twice a week, that'd be different.

I drive 85 miles a day so it really sucks!

[Dave_L]

I drive 85 miles a day so it really sucks!

Ouch. Yeah, that'd be a whole new ballgame.

[Blowby]

160 gal's this month already.....