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The U.S. average retail price of diesel fell 1.6 cents to $2.786 a gallon as efforts to resupply fuel networks in areas struck by recent hurricanes continued, experts said.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 4.4 cents to $2.802 a gallon on the heels of Hurricane Irma slamming into Florida on Sept. 10 and disrupting fuel supplies there.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel dipped 0.2 cent to $2.596 as crude oil prices were flat from the week before and failed to clear $48 a barrel amid forecasts U.S. shale oil production will set a record in September, experts said.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel rose 1.7 cents to $2.598 in the seventh consecutive weekly rise for trucking's main fuel.

U.S. producers are seen pumping away, even with the price of West Texas Intermediate crude lingering below $50 a barrel, according to the latest government estimates.

The U.S. average retail price of diesel jumped 5.6 cents to $2.445 a gallon, according to the Department of Energy, as oil prices hit a 12-month high.

The Energy Information Administration bolstered its U.S. crude production outlook for 2016 and next year.

The U.S. retail diesel average fell 0.5 cent to $2.426, the Department of Energy reported.

The Department of Energy expects the price of diesel to average $2.27 a gallon in 2016.