# U.S. diesel prices surge 8.6 cents the week of Aug. 28 | FleetOwner

> The EIA average diesel price rose 8.6 cents to $4.475 per gallon in the week of Aug. 28, more than 66 cents above July 24 levels. An Aug. 25 fire at the Garyville, Louisiana refinery partly shut the plant, pushing NY diesel futures to a seven-month high. Two other large refineries are scheduled for maintenance shutdowns.

- Date: 2023-08-29 · published 2023-08-29T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude medium
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/34776-u-s-diesel-prices-surge-8-6-cents-the-week-of-aug-28-fleetowner
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Refinery outages and planned maintenance tighten distillate supply heading into autumn, which keeps trucking and grain freight costs elevated for feed buyers. Additional outages would extend the upward pressure.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- fleetowner.com: https://www.fleetowner.com/emissions-efficiency/article/21272594/us-diesel-prices-surge-86-cents-the-week-of-aug-28

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