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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 05/12/08
Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Cents per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Cents per Gallon)
05/12/08 Change from 05/12/08 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 372.2 values are up10.9 values are up61.9 U.S. 433.1 values are up18.2 values are up155.8
East Coast 371.3 values are up10.3 values are up73.2 East Coast 437.7 values are up18.3 values are up161.9
  New England 375.0 values are up12.4 values are up72.1   New England 446.3 values are up12.6 values are up159.7
  Central Atlantic 372.9 values are up9.1 values are up71.8   Central Atlantic 451.6 values are up17.1 values are up167.3
  Lower Atlantic 369.0 values are up10.6 values are up74.5   Lower Atlantic 431.0 values are up19.3 values are up159.9
Midwest 373.6 values are up15.7 values are up56.4 Midwest 429.8 values are up19.7 values are up155.8
Gulf Coast 361.6 values are up10.9 values are up70.1 Gulf Coast 426.8 values are up18.4 values are up155.5
Rocky Mountain 360.9 values are up11.5 values are up41.6 Rocky Mountain 427.6 values are up12.0 values are up127.8
West Coast 383.3 values are up3.3 values are up45.5 West Coast 445.4 values are up15.1 values are up153.5
  California 391.9 values are up1.6 values are up46.9   California 454.7 values are up16.5 values are up159.5
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (March 2008) Retail Price: $3.24/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 (March 2008) Retail Price: $3.88/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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