The national price per gallon of diesel gasoline remained on a growth track to begin 2025, according to data issued this today by the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA).
With a 4.1-cent increase, the national average, for the week of January 13, came in at $3.602. This followed a 5.8-cent increase, to $3.476, for the week of January 6—which marked the largest increase going back to a 4.7-cent increase for the week of October 14—bringing the cumulative increase over the last two weeks to 9.9 cents.
Those gains were preceded by a 2.7-cent increase, to 3.503, for the week of December 30, and a 1.8-cent decrease, to $3.476, for the week of December 23, which was preceded by a 3.6-cent increase, to $3.494, for the week of December 16. This followed an 8.2-cent decline, to $3.458, for the week of December 9, representing the largest decline in 2024, as well as seeing the biggest decrease since December 11, 2023, when it fell 10.5 cents.
On an annual basis, the national average is off 26.1 cents, in line with the 26.7-cent decrease, for the week of January 6.
WTI Crude is currently trading at $77.77 on the New York Mercantile Exchange, up from $74.21 a week ago at this time.
