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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 10/20/08
Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Cents per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Cents per Gallon)
10/20/08 Change from 10/20/08 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 291.4 values are down-23.7 values are up9.1 U.S. 348.2 values are down-17.7 values are up38.8
East Coast 293.8 values are down-28.5 values are up15.0 East Coast 355.3 values are down-15.6 values are up47.5
  New England 286.4 values are down-23.3 values are up9.0   New England 372.9 values are down-16.3 values are up54.7
  Central Atlantic 296.8 values are down-21.8 values are up17.2   Central Atlantic 363.3 values are down-16.1 values are up44.7
  Lower Atlantic 293.7 values are down-35.1 values are up15.1   Lower Atlantic 350.3 values are down-15.2 values are up48.1
Midwest 276.9 values are down-22.3 values are down-1.9 Midwest 344.7 values are down-19.4 values are up38.0
Gulf Coast 273.4 values are down-25.6 values are up3.1 Gulf Coast 345.3 values are down-17.8 values are up45.9
Rocky Mountain 304.0 values are down-22.8 values are up19.5 Rocky Mountain 355.5 values are down-14.2 values are up32.6
West Coast 327.5 values are down-14.6 values are up21.0 West Coast 343.3 values are down-18.9 values are up11.0
  California 335.5 values are down-11.5 values are up21.2   California 346.0 values are down-19.6 values are up12.2
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (August 2008) Retail Price: $3.78/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are 
paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by 
pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, 
and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers 
sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (August 2008) Retail Price: $4.30/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and 
trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
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