# DOE/EIA diesel price up 15th straight week; diesel market higher on refinery outages - FreightWaves

> The DOE/EIA weekly retail diesel price rose for a 15th consecutive week to $2.876 per gallon, tying a record streak. Wholesale rack prices stayed contained as refinery closures in Texas grew.

- Date: 2021-02-16 · published 2021-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/48822-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-15th-straight-week-diesel-market-higher-on-refinery
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Higher diesel costs raise transport and feed-delivery expenses for buyers and feed the fuel surcharges that flow into freight rates.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2021-11-15 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for 9th straight week - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11827-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-9th-straight-week-freightwaves.md) | -4.8% | -7.1% |
| DIESEL | 2024-09-23 | [After 10 straight weeks of declines, DOE/EIA diesel price up slightly - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28499-after-10-straight-weeks-of-declines-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-slightly.md) | -1.4% | -0.4% |
| DIESEL | 2020-11-09 | [DOE/EIA weekly diesel price up 1.1 cents per gallon - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/50324-doe-eia-weekly-diesel-price-up-1-1-cents-per-gallon-freightwaves.md) | +5.1% | +22.2% |
| DIESEL | 2021-05-03 | [DOE/EIA diesel price up for the week, first time since March - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47280-doe-eia-diesel-price-up-for-the-week-first-time-since-march-freightwaves.md) | +4.8% | +6.4% |
| DIESEL | 2025-11-18 | [Four straight weeks of increases in benchmark diesel price - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11483-four-straight-weeks-of-increases-in-benchmark-diesel-price-freightwaves.md) | -5.1% | -16.2% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/doe-eia-diesel-price-up-15th-straight-week-diesel-market-higher-on-refinery-outages

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