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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update
Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update Table
U.S. Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Prices, 11/23/09
U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
Gasoline  (Dollars per Gallon) Diesel Fuel  (Dollars per Gallon)
11/23/09 Change from 11/23/09 Change from
  Price Week Ago Year Ago   Price Week Ago Year Ago
U.S. 2.639 values are up0.010 values are up0.747 U.S. 2.787 values are down-0.003 values are up0.123
East Coast 2.636 values are down-0.001 values are up0.683 East Coast 2.803 values are down-0.005 values are up0.015
  New England 2.672 values are down-0.005 values are up0.721   New England 2.868 no change0.000 values are down-0.129
  Central Atlantic 2.677 values are down-0.007 values are up0.627   Central Atlantic 2.907 values are down-0.005 values are down-0.018
  Lower Atlantic 2.596 values are up0.006 values are up0.716   Lower Atlantic 2.753 values are down-0.006 values are up0.043
Midwest 2.582 values are up0.038 values are up0.832 Midwest 2.762 values are down-0.007 values are up0.138
Gulf Coast 2.507 values are up0.009 values are up0.702 Gulf Coast 2.738 values are up0.005 values are up0.140
Rocky Mountain 2.584 values are down-0.017 values are up0.737 Rocky Mountain 2.825 values are up0.005 values are up0.181
West Coast 2.881 values are down-0.012 values are up0.764 West Coast 2.896 values are down-0.003 values are up0.288
  California 2.940 values are down-0.021 values are up0.828   California 2.954 values are down-0.010 values are up0.349
Regional Regular Gasoline Prices Graph. Regional Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (October 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 (October 2009) Retail Price: $2.67/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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