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Nebraska Gasoline and Diesel Prices

For the week of June 12, Nebraska's average gasoline price rose two cents per gallon from the previous week to $2.82, which was 68 cents higher than the price at this time last year. Weekly average prices in surveyed cities ranged from $2.77 in Columbus to $2.86 in Kearney and North Platte. As of June 9, the Midwest gasoline stock level was in the normal range with 51.9 million barrels.

Nebraska's average diesel price increased four cents to $2.94 per gallon. According to the weekly price report, this week's state average was 64 cents higher than the price at this time last year. Weekly averages in the surveyed cities ranged from $2.90 in Omaha to $2.97 in Kearney. Kearney's average price hit $3.00 on Friday. On the supply side, the Midwest distillate fuel inventory level was below the normal range with 21.5 million barrels of diesel fuel as of June 9.

Regular unleaded gasoline is regular unleaded motor gasoline with an 87 to 88 octane. Diesel fuel is fuel used for internal combustion in diesel engines.

An archive of this report and historical weekly prices are available.

Nebraska's weekly average gasoline price graphed for the years 
			2004 and 2005 and through the current week in 2006.

Regular Unleaded Gasoline Prices for the Week of June 12, 2006

(Price per Gallon)

  Columbus Grand Island Kearney Lincoln Norfolk North Platte Omaha State
Notes: The average may not equal the average of the components due to independent rounding. NA = Not Available.
Weekly Average $2.77 $2.84 $2.86 $2.79 $2.85 $2.86 $2.78 $2.82
Nebraska's weekly average diesel price graphed for the years 
			2004 and 2005 and through the current week in 2006.

Diesel Prices for the Week of June 12, 2006

(Price per Gallon)

  Columbus Grand Island Kearney Lincoln Norfolk North Platte Omaha State
Notes: The average may not equal the average of the components due to independent rounding. NA = Not Available.
Weekly Average $2.92 $2.94 $2.97 $2.93 $2.91 $2.91 $2.90 $2.94

Source: Nebraska Energy Office, Lincoln, NE.

This report was updated on June 27, 2006.
Typically, there is one week between updates.