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DAT VAN NTL$2.18/mi▲ 0.04│REEFER NTL$2.51/mi▲ 0.07│FLATBED NTL$2.66/mi▼ 0.02│OTRI5.84%▲ 0.31│OTVI11,247▲ 1.8%│DIESEL$3.71/gal▼ 0.03│LAREDO XBORDER14,820▲ 4.2%│LB DRAYAGE$487/move▲ 2.1%│LTL TONNAGE98.4▼ 0.6│INTERMODAL+3.7% YoY▲│DAT VAN NTL$2.18/mi▲ 0.04│REEFER NTL$2.51/mi▲ 0.07│FLATBED NTL$2.66/mi▼ 0.02│OTRI5.84%▲ 0.31│OTVI11,247▲ 1.8%│DIESEL$3.71/gal▼ 0.03│LAREDO XBORDER14,820▲ 4.2%│LB DRAYAGE$487/move▲ 2.1%│LTL TONNAGE98.4▼ 0.6│INTERMODAL+3.7% YoY▲│
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EXIT 01Policy · Fuel · EIA·18:00 ET · Houston · Long Beach · 5 min read2 of 3 free this month

Diesel Holds at $3.69 Nationally But PADD 5 Is at $4.42 — The Regional Spread Is the Story This Week.

EIA's Monday print showed national retail diesel at $3.69/gal, off two cents WoW. The headline is benign. Underneath, the PADD 5 (West Coast) spread to PADD 3 (Gulf) widened to $0.73/gal — the biggest in 14 months — as California refinery maintenance and hurricane-season Gulf inventory builds combine. Fuel surcharge passthrough math is breaking down for cross-regional carriers.

Rural diesel station with parked trucks under an American flag — the retail print at the fuel island

EIA published this week's diesel retail print Monday morning: $3.69/gal national, down $0.02 WoW, down $0.13 versus a year ago. The number reads soft. The number is misleading. Underneath the national average, the regional spread between PADD 5 (West Coast, $4.42/gal) and PADD 3 (Gulf Coast, $3.69/gal) widened to $0.73/gal this week — the largest PADD 3-to-PADD 5 spread we've measured since March 2025.

Three things are driving the spread.