I use fuelly.com to track my fuel usage / costs.
Y'all are getting better MPG results than I do (I'm sitting on 10.3 MPG), but my miles (4612) are almost exclusively hooked up to 16K pounds.

 

Those are a lot of MT miles. I haven't had a chance to tow much lately and work has kept me close to home.
Locally gas and diesel have taken another dip.
Gas 1.399 and Diesel 1.819

 

Diesel here in Northern California is still above $3 a gallon. Cheapest I have found is $3.05 This place is NUTS

 

Crazy. I am currently paying $1.65 for diesel in Central California

 

Go to gas buddy and check zip 94551 if it will let you. It's nuts in the bay area. We have a refinery about 30 miles from us.

 

It's the same here and I found out that gas taxes are about 0.65 cents for gas. I don't know if it's the same for diesel though. Gas is around $1.99 to $2.30 here in my local area. But that means that fuel stations are taking advantage of the situation and making more money than they usually do because the wholesale prices have probably dropped to new lows from lack of demand. I haven't gone to my regular fueling station, which I have a 12 cent discount for having an unlimited carwash sticker on my truck, because I was paying $2.70. I've been going out to the Seneca Indian Reservation where when I last filled up, it was $1.88/gallon. So because they don't pay state tax, they still have to making a decent profit. Gasoline there is now at 97 cents last I saw. They are laughing all the way to the bank which they should be after the way our gov't screwed them back in the day. The way I look at it is if Delta Sonic, where I usually go, would drop their prices accordingly and make it worthwhile to someone like me, I'll start coming back. But until then, I'll save around 15 to 16 bucks a tank and keep more money in my pocket as the trip from work is 23 miles and just about all highway type driving. I fuel up at least five times a month, so figure it out.

 

$1.91 for diesel this morning in SE Louisiana. Lots of refineries down here and no place to store it and not too many people driving.

 

I'm jealous of all the low prices everyone is posting. Diesel is stalled out @ $2.21 here in Tulsa and we are known for low fuel prices. Regular is $1.23. Before all this mess came down diesel was $2.61, our stations must be gouging us consumer on the diesel.

 

The demand for diesel has remained higher than the demand for gasoline. I'm seeing similar prices around here. I'm holding off on filling up my truck, not for a better price, but to make sure I'm getting summer fuel instead of winter fuel.

 

As an oilfield worker, all I can say is, enjoy it while it lasts, because it isn't going to. Oil contractors are going to be very reluctant to pick rigs back up after this and I can tell by most of your rhetoric you don't have the slightest idea how the industry works. Saudi Arabia and Russia don't just have a valve they open or a bunch of wells drilled and ready to be tapped into (mind you most of these wells are conventional plays, where you can't just turn the well off and expect it to ever come back on, etc. unlike America's unconventional shale plays, where wells are mostly unaffected by shutting in and restarting, etc.) They do however have massive quantities of oil in storage and reserve, which is why it seems like they can open the taps at the drop of the hat. However if you read between the lines, this is very limited, like they could only ramp up production to these inflated rates for X amount of months, before they'd have to seriously increase drilling activity and bring more wells online quickly. Your average well in Saudi Arabia takes about 3-6 months to drill. Some of the American shale plays, specifically North Dakota and the DJ basin, you can drill a well in under a week.
So unlike the rest of America being laid off right now; if, and, or when I lose my job, I don't have one to look forward to going back to for a while. However I'll be happy too when I can still afford fuel on unemployment for a minute.

 

Good to hear from you, bobcat. I wish it was during better circumstances. You're right. I don't know the first thing about what's going on with this mess. But I hope for the economy, the country, small businesses and for oil workers like yourself and for the rest of the 25 million people out of work, I hope it opens back up and demand comes back on full time so we can get past this because this pause is not good at all. We need to open it up now. Hang tough dude.

 

This is *MOSTLY* correct. A well can be driled in a week, but it may be considerably longer to actually get it into production status. It has bee almost 8 years nw since I retired so I am out of the loop as far as real time is concerned.

 

hence why I said drilled, I don't know how long the production end takes, I think it depends on operations / operator

 

Yup Lots of variables there.

 

ford me the cheapest diesel is at sams club at around 2.39 but you need a membership, but otherwise you’re paying 2.59