National diesel average is down for the week ending May 15, reports EIA

The national average price per gallon of diesel gasoline saw another week of declines, for the week of May 15, according to data issued earlier today by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The national average fell 2.5 cents, to $3.897 per gallon, following a 9.6-cent decline, to $3.922, for the week of May 8, which represented its largest weekly decline since a 9.5-cent drop to $4.444, for the week of February 13.

The 9.6-cent decrease, for the week of May 8, followed a 5.9-cent decrease, to $4.018, for the week of May 1. And the national average has fallen in 14 of the last 15 weeks, going back to the week of January 30, when the national average was at $4.622, for a cumulative 9.5-cent decrease.

What’s more, this marks only the third time the national average has been below the $4 per gallon mark in more than two years, with the week of January 31, 2021 being the other, at $3.86.

与一年前同期相比,全国average is down $1.72, topping the weeks ending May 8 and May 1, at $1.70 and $1.49, respectively. And the average price per barrel of WTI crude oil is currently at $70.22 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, in line with the average a week ago at this time.