# EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update - Mansfield Energy

> The EIA's weekly update for the week ended May 1, 2017 showed diesel prices fell 1.2 cents to an average of $2.583 per gallon, and gasoline prices dropped significantly. PADD 2 diesel fell 1.4 cents to $2.516 per gallon. Refinery outages included Tesoro's Mandan overhaul and PBF's Paulsboro hydrotreater maintenance.

- Date: 2017-05-02 · published 2017-05-02T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/10018-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-mansfield-energy
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Lower diesel prices reduce fuel and freight costs for feed ingredients moved by truck and rail. Refinery overhauls on diesel units can cause short-term regional tightness, but the overall trend points to softer prices.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2019-05-30 | [EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update, May 29, 2019 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10407-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-may-29-2019-fuels-market-news.md) | -9.9% | -0.1% |
| DIESEL | 2020-04-28 | [EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update, April 28, 2020 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53809-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-april-28-2020-fuels-market-news.md) | +33.5% | +60.0% |
| DIESEL | 2020-07-29 | [EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update, July 28, 2020 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52310-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-july-28-2020-fuels-market-news.md) | +0.9% | +0.4% |
| DIESEL | 2018-11-21 | [EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update, November 20, 2018 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/9532-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-november-20-2018-fuels-market-news.md) | -7.6% | -9.3% |
| DIESEL | 2020-01-29 | [EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update, January 28, 2020 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/55261-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-january-28-2020-fuels-market-news.md) | -7.4% | -12.2% |

## Sources

- mansfield.energy: https://mansfield.energy/2017/05/02/eia-gasoline-diesel-retail-prices-update-7/

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