# U.S. Energy Information Administration Projects Diesel Fuel Consumption Increase on Growing Freight Transport Demand | Supply & Demand Chain Executive

> The EIA projects higher distillate fuel consumption in 2017 and 2018 as US freight tonnage has risen year on year since October 2016. Diesel-engine freight is the main driver of middle-distillate demand.

- Date: 2017-05-30 · published 2017-05-30T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/71186-u-s-energy-information-administration-projects-diesel-fuel-consumption-increase
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

Rising freight volumes point to stronger diesel demand, which supports prices if supply does not keep pace.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2022-11-10 | [Strong demand for diesel leads to high prices and tight inventories going into winter -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/38874-strong-demand-for-diesel-leads-to-high-prices-and-tight-inventories-going-into.md) | -7.4% | -30.6% |
| DIESEL | 2024-10-04 | [Distillate fuel oil demand will increase in the fall because of the agricultural harvest -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11686-distillate-fuel-oil-demand-will-increase-in-the-fall-because-of-the.md) | +2.4% | -2.8% |
| DIESEL | 2022-04-19 | [EIA expects summer U.S. real gasoline and diesel prices to be the highest since 2014 -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/8172-eia-expects-summer-u-s-real-gasoline-and-diesel-prices-to-be-the-highest-since.md) | +5.7% | +12.9% |
| DIESEL | 2025-09-17 | [Summer diesel margins tighten with European supply shift -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23066-summer-diesel-margins-tighten-with-european-supply-shift-u-s-energy-information.md) | -2.6% | -8.1% |
| DIESEL | 2019-01-15 | [Changes in marine fuel sulfur limits will put temporary upward pressure on diesel margins -
		U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA)](https://feedsoft.ai/events/61267-changes-in-marine-fuel-sulfur-limits-will-put-temporary-upward-pressure-on.md) | +2.6% | +2.9% |

## Sources

- sdcexec.com: https://www.sdcexec.com/sustainability/clean-energy/news/12339229/bureau-of-transportation-statistics-bts-us-energy-information-administration-projects-diesel-fuel-consumption-increase-on-growing-freight-transport-demand

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