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  • Diesel prices hit new record

    08/17/2005 7:22:07 AM PDT · by ex-Texan · 102 replies · 1,345+ views
    FleetOwner.com ^ | 8/16/2005 | Terrence Nguyen, web editor
    Two weeks ago the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said national average diesel prices were just 0.1 shy of tying the record high. Last week diesel prices did a 15.9-cent leapfrog over that old record to set the Gasoline prices last week rose a comparable 18.2 cents. New record-setting highs in crude oil prices coupled with scattered refinery outages during the peak summer season has resulted in the steep increases in on-highway fuel. Truckers operating in all regions were given a price shock, but the West Coast and California regions, which had been slammed with skyrocketing fuel prices over the last...