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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 11/09/09
U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Dollars per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Dollars per Gallon)
11/09/09 Change from 11/09/09 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 2.666 values are down-0.028 values are up0.442 U.S. 2.801 values are down-0.007 values are down-0.143
East Coast 2.664 values are down-0.012 values are up0.392 East Coast 2.821 values are down-0.013 values are down-0.239
  New England 2.690 values are down-0.009 values are up0.400   New England 2.866 values are down-0.012 values are down-0.400
  Central Atlantic 2.703 values are down-0.005 values are up0.315   Central Atlantic 2.926 values are down-0.014 values are down-0.277
  Lower Atlantic 2.626 values are down-0.021 values are up0.446   Lower Atlantic 2.772 values are down-0.013 values are down-0.208
Midwest 2.614 values are down-0.058 values are up0.554 Midwest 2.779 values are down-0.007 values are down-0.109
Gulf Coast 2.528 values are down-0.035 values are up0.432 Gulf Coast 2.746 values are down-0.003 values are down-0.149
Rocky Mountain 2.604 values are down-0.001 values are up0.347 Rocky Mountain 2.823 values are up0.013 values are down-0.141
West Coast 2.906 values are down-0.003 values are up0.372 West Coast 2.909 values are down-0.001 values are down-0.001
  California 2.981 values are down-0.006 values are up0.426   California 2.972 values are down-0.002 values are up0.059
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (September 2009) Retail Price: $2.55/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 (September 2009) Retail Price: $2.63/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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