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#Refineries

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A Gulf Coast refinery worker in a hard hat sits on the lid of an overflowing white fuel storage tank as diesel oozes out around him, with more full tanks and an idle tanker ship at the dock behind him.

Sep 23, 2026 • 10 min read

A 90-Day Diesel Export Ban Would Fill Gulf Tanks in 24 Days

Diesel averaged a record $6.529 a gallon on September 21, and Washington is arguing over whether to stop exporting it. An estimate built from EIA storage data gives the Gulf Coast room for about 24 days of stranded exports. After that, refiners must cut runs or reshuffle what they make.

#Diesel #Gas Prices #EIA

A truck driver at a truck-stop fuel island holding a diesel nozzle into a supermarket shopping cart full of groceries instead of her semi's tank, deadpan, at dusk.

Sep 10, 2026 • 5 min read

Diesel Just Hit a Record. Here's Why Your Groceries Care.

The EIA's weekly survey put US diesel at $5.967 a gallon for the week of September 7, above the June 2022 record of $5.810. Regular gasoline is $4.157 and nowhere near its own record. Diesel moves nearly everything you buy, so the gap between the two fuels is the number to watch.

#Diesel #Gas Prices #EIA