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Questions About Diesel...
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Question:
How do I calculate/find diesel fuel surcharges?
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The Energy Information Administration does not calculate, assess, or regulate diesel fuel surcharges. |
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Fuel surcharges are negotiated privately by the shipper and the trucking company. |
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EIA collects and disseminates weekly retail diesel fuel price data. Many shippers and truckers use that weekly retail price information in their fuel pricing formulas. |
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More: EIA weekly diesel fuel price data: “Weekly Retail On-Highway Diesel Prices” |
| Last Reviewed: April 17, 2008 |
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Question:
Why are diesel fuel prices higher than gasoline prices?
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Question:
What are the products and uses of petroleum?
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The most common products from
petroleum are energy products: gasoline, heating oil,
and diesel fuel. Other petroleum products are: ink,
crayons, bubble gum, dishwashing liquids, deodorant,
eyeglasses, records, tires, ammonia, and heart valves. |
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A barrel of oil yields these
refined products (percent of barrel): |
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47% gasoline for
use in automobiles |
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23% heating oil
and diesel fuel |
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18% other products,
which includes petrochemical feedstock—products
derived from petroleum principally for the manufacturing
of chemicals, synthetic rubber and plastics |
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10% jet fuel |
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4% propane |
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3% asphalt |
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equal more than 100 because of an approximately 5% processing
gain from refining.) |
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More: Products
made from oil |
| Last reviewed: April 17, 2008 |
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