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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 08/24/09
U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Dollars per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Dollars per Gallon)
08/24/09 Change from 08/24/09 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 2.628 values are down-0.009 values are down-1.057 U.S. 2.668 values are up0.016 values are down-1.477
East Coast 2.609 values are down-0.009 values are down-1.025 East Coast 2.692 values are up0.005 values are down-1.507
  New England 2.663 values are down-0.007 values are down-0.998   New England 2.741 values are up0.002 values are down-1.641
  Central Atlantic 2.666 values are down-0.005 values are down-0.999   Central Atlantic 2.781 values are up0.010 values are down-1.579
  Lower Atlantic 2.550 values are down-0.012 values are down-1.052   Lower Atlantic 2.649 values are up0.003 values are down-1.464
Midwest 2.545 values are down-0.002 values are down-1.142 Midwest 2.637 values are up0.014 values are down-1.436
Gulf Coast 2.488 values are down-0.026 values are down-1.031 Gulf Coast 2.622 values are up0.015 values are down-1.476
Rocky Mountain 2.616 values are up0.005 values are down-1.218 Rocky Mountain 2.671 values are up0.038 values are down-1.556
West Coast 2.950 values are down-0.012 values are down-0.956 West Coast 2.785 values are up0.041 values are down-1.501
  California 3.031 values are down-0.016 values are down-0.924   California 2.880 values are up0.008 values are down-1.479
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (July 2009) Retail Price: $2.53/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 (July 2009) Retail Price: $2.54/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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