Diesel increased after four straight weeks of decline, rising 2 cents to $2.919 a gallon, the Department of Energy said Monday.
July 26, 2010BusinessFuel
Diesel Increases 2垄 to $2.919
The U.S. retail diesel average price reversed course last week, rising 2 cents a gallon to $2.919 after dropping 6.2 cents over the previous four weeks, the Department of Energy reported.
August 2, 2010BusinessGovernmentFuel
Oil Falls Near $77 as Supply Jumps
Oil prices fell near $77 Wednesday after a report showed that crude supplies jumped last week, the Associated Press reported.
July 28, 2010GovernmentBusinessSafetyFuel
LaHood Rules Out Fuel Tax Increase
WASHINGTON 鈥 Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood rejected raising fuel taxes to pay for highway improvements and said that, despite pessimism about the prospects for a long-term highway bill, the administration was focused on completing a bill this year.
July 27, 2010BusinessFuelAutonomous
Company Touts EGR Results in 鈥楩luid Efficiency鈥 Test
Fleet managers should consider total 鈥渇luid efficiency鈥 when comparing trucks using exhaust gas recirculation engines with those using selective catalytic reduction, truck and engine maker Navistar Inc. said last week.
July 26, 2010BusinessFuel
Gas Prices Stay at $2.73 a Gallon, Lundberg Says
Gasoline鈥檚 national average price rose by less than a cent in the past two weeks to $2.73 a gallon, according to the latest Lundberg Survey of filling stations released Sunday.
July 26, 2010BusinessGovernmentFuel
Obama Signs Financial Reform Legislation that Aims to Curb Speculation in Oil, Fuel
President Obama signed into law a financial reform bill that includes provisions aimed at reducing speculative trading in commodities such as crude oil and diesel fuel and limiting the fees that credit-card companies can charge merchants for their services.
July 26, 2010BusinessFuel
Diesel Dips 0.4垄 to $2.899
U.S. retail diesel prices dipped 0.4 cent last week to $2.899 a gallon, the ninth decrease in the national fuel average during the past 10 weeks, the Department of Energy reported.
July 26, 2010BusinessFuel
Diesel Dips 0.4垄 to $2.899 a Gallon as Decline Slows
Diesel fell for the fourth straight week and ninth in the past 10, dipping 0.4 cent to $2.899 a gallon, the smallest of its recent declines, the Department of Energy said.
July 19, 2010BusinessFuel
EPA Seeks More Biodiesel Use by Nation鈥檚 Truck Fleet in 2011
The Environmental Protection Agency announced last week it wants the U.S. trucking industry to increase its use of biodiesel to 800 million gallons in 2011 from 650 million gallons this year.
July 19, 2010