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Get ready for a little bit more pain at the pump this summer. Crude oil prices are at the highest level in more than three years and expected to climb higher, pushing up gasoline prices along the way.

The U.S. retail diesel average declined 3.6 cents to $3.027 a gallon, the Department of Energy reported Feb. 20.

Oil dropped as OPEC’s production increased last month, at a time when U.S. drillers are also ramping up.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel dropped 3.5 cents to $2.489 a gallon, while the stubborn glut of crude caused oil prices to tumble to about $43 a barrel — a range last seen in early August — and into a bear market, experts said.

Operators of private fleets that distribute industrial gases are bracing for more change as consolidation continues to shake up the biggest players in the market.

Of all the filling stations in all the United States, $2 gasoline showed up at Oklahoma City’s first. Why?

The average price of regular gasoline at U.S. pumps dropped 13.38 cents to $2.942 a gallon in the two weeks ended Nov. 7, falling below $3 for the first time in almost four years, Lundberg Survey said.