Diesel Prices Hold Near $6.30 as Refinery Outages Keep Freight Fuel 68% Above a Year Ago

National diesel prices held at $6.292 a gallon in the week of November 2, according to the EIA's weekly survey of U.S. No 2 diesel retail sales, down a fraction from the prior week's $6.352 yet still 67.7 percent higher than the $3.753 of the same week a year earlier. That gap is the freight economy in one number: the fuel that pulls trailers and feeds generators is being priced by refining capacity, not by crude and not by the consumer pump that just fell.

Key Takeaways National diesel averaged $6.292 a gallon the week of November 2, up 67.7 percent from a year ago, per the EIA. Diesel eased just 0.9 percent week over week, even as retail gasoline posted its steepest weekly drop in months. F…