Gas Hits $4.10. California Diesel Sets an All-Time Record at $7.56.
The national average hit $4.104 on Friday and California diesel reached $7.559 -- an all-time record that eclipses even the 2022 Ukraine-era peak.
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The national average hit $4.104 on Friday and California diesel reached $7.559 -- an all-time record that eclipses even the 2022 Ukraine-era peak.
Dated Brent -- the price for actual physical crude -- hit $141 a barrel on Thursday, while Brent futures settled at $109, a $32 gap that reveals the real severity of the supply crisis.
California's statewide diesel average hit $7.559 on Thursday -- an all-time record that surpasses the 2022 Ukraine-era peak by more than fifty cents.
The 30-day sanctions waiver to release 140 million barrels of Iranian oil expires April 19 -- Iran snubbed it, buyers stayed away, and the barrels never materialized.