Retail prices for the nation’s two major motor fuels stopped declining, the Department of Energy said Oct. 21.
October 21, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Unchanged; Gasoline Gains 0.6 Cent
Business, Fuel
Crude Oil Closes Below $100 for First Time Since July
Crude oil finished trading at $99.68 a barrel Oct. 21, declining $1.43 to the lowest level since July 2 as the Energy Information Administration announced supplies increased, Bloomberg News reported.
October 21, 2013Business, Fuel
53 Pilot Customers Reject Settlement, to Sue for Additional Rebate Damages
Fifty-three out of roughly 7,000 Pilot Flying J customers eligible for a rebate-fraud class-action lawsuit settlement have formally declined to take part, the lead plaintiffs’ attorney said last week.
October 21, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Average Dips 1.1¢ to $3.886
The average price of a gallon of diesel fuel in the United States declined 1.1 cents last week to $3.886, the fifth straight decline, the Department of Energy reported Oct. 17, the day the federal government went back to work.
October 21, 2013Business, Fuel
Lowe’s Moving Freight to Natural Gas Trucks
°®¶¹´«Ã½-improvement retailer Lowes’s Companies Inc. announced it is joining fleets in shifting its freight to trucks powered by natural gas.
October 18, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Decreases 1.1¢ to $3.886, DOE Says
The average price of diesel dropped 1.1 cents to $3.886 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Oct. 17 in a report that reflected the price Oct. 14.
October 17, 2013Fuel, Business, Autonomous
Volvo Expands Fuel Efficient Powertrain Lineup
Volvo Trucks expanded its lineup of “exceptional efficiency†powertrain packages with the XE11 that the company said can improve fuel efficiency by up to 3%.
October 15, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Price Slides, Private Surveys Show
Diesel’s national average price fell between 0.6 cent and 1 cent from a week ago to about $3.83 a gallon, according to private surveys.
October 15, 2013Business, Fuel
DOE Suspends Fuel Statistics Operations, Will Not Release Diesel-Price Survey
The Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration suspended its operations Oct. 11 and the agency will not release its weekly fuel-price survey scheduled for Oct. 15, it said.
October 15, 2013Business, Fuel
Diesel Prices Dip 2.2¢ to $3.897; Gasoline Declines for 5th Week
The national diesel price average slipped 2.2 cents to $3.897 a gallon last week, the first time it has declined at least four straight weeks since early July, the Department of Energy reported.
October 14, 2013