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Diesel is $6.27. Another record on a Tuesday. The gallon is $4.33.
AAA this morning. Up from $6.23 yesterday. Up 66 percent since the Iran war.
The Rocket News · Economy · New YorkSeptember 15, 2026 · 4 min read
AAA put the U.S. diesel average at $6.2694 a gallon on Tuesday, a record, above Monday’s $6.2301. Regular gasoline is $4.3289. Before the Iran war it was $3.76. Up more than 66 percent. The Economy desk files the workhorse fuel on the morning a truce did not exist and the Court said the mail ballots go out.
Trump said Ukraine’s refinery strikes were the shortage. Analysts said Hormuz. Salalah stayed postponed. Reuters: even if Kyiv and Moscow stop hitting energy, the crunch does not reverse this year. Distillate inventories are below the five-year range. Eight weeks from a midterm. No president has faced November with diesel above $6.
The highest it has ever been. Again.
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A $5,000 dividend does not fill a tank. The Economy desk files $6.27 as the American number on a Tuesday the strait is still closed.
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Oil fell before New York. Brent was $114.10.
At 3:51 a.m. Greenwich time, Reuters had Brent down $1.22, at $114.10, and WTI at $101.45. Not the settlement. The photograph is a Permian pumpjack from October 8, 2025.
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Oil rose before New York. Saudi did not confirm a strike.
As of 1:40 a.m. GMT, Brent was $115.36 and West Texas Intermediate was $101.12. The Houthis said they hit Saudi Arabia's biggest refinery. Saudi authorities did not confirm it. This is not a settlement. The photograph is June 22 in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Oil slipped about 1 percent before New York.
By 4:18 a.m. GMT, Brent was down $1 at $114.81 and West Texas Intermediate was down 88 cents at $100.88. This is not a settlement. The photograph is Feb. 9 in Syria, a man walking by the jacks.