Brent, gasoline and diesel spot prices updated through Oct. 30
EIA’s latest spot data show Brent and diesel lower from a week earlier, while New York Harbor gasoline was little changed.
By David L. Chen · Senior Columnist
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The latest Brent gasoline diesel prices update from the US Energy Information Administration runs through Oct. 30, 2026. EIA put Brent-Europe crude at $120.15 a barrel, conventional regular gasoline at $2.968 a gallon in New York Harbor and $3.238 on the US Gulf Coast, and ultra-low-sulfur diesel at $4.876 in New York Harbor, $4.783 on the Gulf Coast and $5.076 in Los Angeles.
The figures are physical spot-market benchmarks, not national retail prices paid by motorists. EIA reports crude oil in dollars per barrel and petroleum products in dollars per gallon in its daily table.
Are these gasoline and diesel prices what drivers pay?
No. The EIA series are spot assessments for named trading locations and products. They are useful reference points for crude and refined-fuel markets, but they do not measure a nationwide retail pump price for gasoline or diesel.
Brent-Europe fell $8.15 a barrel between Oct. 23 and Oct. 30, from $128.30 to $120.15, according to EIA. New York Harbor ultra-low-sulfur diesel declined 28.6 cents a gallon over the same period, from $5.162 to $4.876.
Conventional regular gasoline in New York Harbor was almost unchanged, rising 0.6 cents a gallon from $2.962 on Oct. 23 to $2.968 on Oct. 30. On the Gulf Coast, conventional regular gasoline increased from $3.200 to $3.238 a gallon.
Why do later Brent quotations show different prices?
Market-provider pages dated Nov. 4 showed a range of Brent readings that should not be treated as one interchangeable benchmark. Trading Economics displayed $94.862 a barrel and said its measure tracks over-the-counter and contract-for-difference instruments; it describes the figure as a general market reference rather than an official Brent benchmark.
Business Insider listed a $94.65 “MI Indication” at 5:37pm, while Bloomberg displayed ICE Brent crude at $100.63 a barrel for the December 2026 contract at 9:55am EDT. The supplied market pages do not provide enough common contract, timing and methodology detail to reconcile those readings with each other or with EIA’s Oct. 30 physical spot assessment.
For readers comparing the data, the distinction is material: EIA’s Oct. 30 figures identify a location and physical product, while the later pages report financial-market references or an indicated price. Neither set establishes a current US-wide retail gasoline or diesel price.
This story draws on original reporting from Econbrowser.
