# Spring sting looms at Upstate gas pumps

> Upstate South Carolina trucking operators describe high diesel costs and expect 2017 fuel bills to rise. Local diesel averaged $2.31 per gallon, 52 cents above a year earlier, as refiners shift to spring-blend fuels in late February.

- Date: 2017-02-16 · published 2017-02-16T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/72663-spring-sting-looms-at-upstate-gas-pumps
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

The seasonal refinery changeover typically lifts pump prices, raising transport costs for feed distribution in the short term.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: bullish ▲

## Sources

- independentmail.com: https://www.independentmail.com/story/news/local/2017/02/16/spring-sting-looms-upstate-gas-pumps/97958112/

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