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National Gasoline Price Average back above $4/gallon; LA, TX, MS, LA still under $3.65/gal

Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:26 am
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29835 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:26 am
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The nation’s average price of gasoline has risen 7.7 cents over the last week and stands at $4.02 per gallon, according to GasBuddy® data compiled from more than 12 million individual price reports covering over 150,000 gas stations across the country. The national average is up 3.6 cents from a month ago and is 93.1 cents per gallon higher than a year ago. The national average price of diesel rose 14.3 cents in the last week and stands at $5.418 per gallon.


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Attacks on shipping picked up again last week, pushing Brent briefly above $90 mid-week, while the EIA projected Brent will average $87 per barrel for the full year and said it doesn’t expect Middle East production to recover to near pre-conflict levels until early 2027. In Sunday overnight trade, WTI was down 32 cents to $82.08 per barrel, modestly above last Monday’s $79.62, while Brent slipped a penny to $88.51 compared to $85.00 a week ago—with both benchmarks unlikely to move decisively in either direction until talks produce something concrete.


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the SPR fell 6.1 million barrels to 298.7 million barrels.


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The states with the lowest average prices: Louisiana ($3.53), South Carolina ($3.58), and Alabama ($3.58).

The states with the highest average prices: California ($5.56), Hawaii ($5.43), and Washington ($5.17).

Biggest weekly changes: Colorado (+33.2¢), Ohio (+32.8¢), Iowa (+20.1¢), Oklahoma (+17.9¢), Kentucky (+15.4¢).


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The states with the lowest average diesel prices: Oklahoma ($4.97), Texas ($5.01), and Missouri ($5.02).

The states with the highest average diesel prices: California ($6.93), Hawaii ($6.85), and Washington ($6.14).

Biggest weekly changes: Colorado (+47.9¢), West Virginia (+30.8¢), Delaware (+28.8¢), South Dakota (+27.4¢), Kansas (+26.1¢).


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AAA is showing today's National Average for Regular at $4.0636/gal.; down from their number of $4.0091 last Monday.

Louisiana: $3.5691/gal
Alabama: $3.6041/gal
Mississippi: $3.6060/gal
Texas: $3.6355/gal

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Posted by Saint Alfonzo
Member since Jan 2019
30942 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:28 am to
I paid $4.34 a gallon for premium yesterday after my 5 cent a gallon Shell Rewards card discount.
Posted by DustyDinkleman
Here
Member since Feb 2012
20356 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:28 am to
Yet, interstates are packed with more cars than ever.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29835 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:29 am to
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Yet, interstates are packed with more cars than ever.


Yes, but over 75% of them are EVs. Thank you Elon Musk and Joe Biden.
Posted by LSUGUMBO
Shreveport, LA
Member since Sep 2005
9915 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 8:55 am to
$3.21 at my local Sam's Club, but I paid $3.69 at Billy's in Opelousas yesterday. I'm pretty sure they can charge whatever price they want to, and people will pay it to get boudin at the same stop.
Posted by ragincajun03
Member since Nov 2007
29835 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:11 am to
AAA is showing the St. Landry Parish average at $3.532/gallon today, so when you factor in the Boudin Premium, seems a fair price.
Posted by Salmon
I helped draft the email
Member since Feb 2008
86684 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:15 am to
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the SPR fell 6.1 million barrels to 298.7 million barrels.


which is the lowest it has been since 1983

there was a time when this was a huge talking point, I wonder what changed?
Posted by Onyx Aggie
Foothills of the Smokies
Member since Sep 2012
3158 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:49 am to
I paid $3.16 yesterday here in Knoxville. Gas Buddy shows a range of $3.16 to $3.79 within 5 miles of me.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
31129 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 9:51 am to
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Yet, interstates are packed with more cars than ever.


Gas and diesel are very inelastic.
Posted by Swamp Angel
West Georgia Chicken Farm Territory
Member since Jul 2004
10481 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:01 am to
BP station at the corner of 120 and Peachtree Industrial in Duluth, GA was $3.089 this past Saturday. Everyone else I've seen across Metro Atlanta and north Georgia has been between $3.699 and $3.899. (I have no idea why that one station was an outlier)
Posted by Burt Reynolds
Monterey, CA
Member since Jul 2008
24740 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:51 am to
Are we making america great again yet folks??
Posted by Fat Fingers
Member since Nov 2010
568 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 10:57 am to
Paid $3.37 at a Shell station south of Birmingham last night.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79746 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:01 am to
Seems diesel is about to go off the charts.

Less to do with Hormuz and more Russia. Europe is going to be in trouble this winter.
This post was edited on 8/17/26 at 11:01 am
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
11754 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:18 am to
Why are you obsessed with fuel prices?
Posted by KingOfTheWorld
South of heaven, west of hell
Member since Oct 2018
7936 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:23 am to
I paid $3.39 for regular 87 at Murphy USA in a suburb of Birmingham yesterday.
Posted by T1gerNate
Member since Feb 2020
3972 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:27 am to
I miss gas at $3.00 a gallon and nice tweets.
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
79746 posts
Posted on 8/17/26 at 11:32 am to
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Why are you obsessed with fuel prices?


Think it is just a discussion topic.

You can choose not to participate.
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