Fuel Prices Oregon

Fuel prices have been mostly stagnant this week, trickling down from still record high fuel prices across the nation. These record high fuel prices are putting real limitations on average US Citizens, as we roll into the midterm elections and constituents are unhappy fuel costs and their representatives

After being briefly purposed by President Trump the idea of a “federal diesel export ban” is no longer going to be put into place, thankfully. An export ban would not deliver cheaper fuel. It would further bottleneck supply domestically, as refiners would produce less crude with no international demand to fulfill.

Drivers in the Portland area are still seeing gas around $5.18/gal & diesel over $6.79/gal. The highest diesel price in the history of Oregon was $6.848/gal on 09/24/2026. In Seattle, gas prices are $5.66/gal, (over $1.30 per gallon higher than the national average), with diesel hovering around $7.49/gal. California & Washington have the highest fuel prices in the nation currently.

The Oregon DOT is 3 weeks into their 5-7 week shutdown of the 1-5 Corridor next to the Moda Center. This closure began September 11th. For more details, visit our Star Oilco website or call in and ask for Ian.

Fuel prices are record high across the nation. The United States federal oil reserve is currently 32% less than it was in March. With record high fuel prices, logistic supply that affect every day Americans are skyrocketing in their costs to operate. These prices will soon trickle down into prices of food, metals and anything being hauled on a diesel powered semi truck. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), trucks ship 83% of agricultural products and 92% of dairy, fruit, vegetables, and nuts in the United States.

Drivers in the Portland area are still seeing gas around $5.15/gal & diesel over $6.84/ga, the highest diesel price ever recorded in Oregon. In Seattle, gas prices are $5.65/gal, over $1 per gallon higher than the national average, with diesel hovering around $7.43/gal. California & Washington have the highest fuel prices in the nation currently.

For the first time in history, the national average price for diesel is $6.51 per gallon. This hits American logistics and transportation extremely hard, while the federal oil reserve is currently at 285.36M barrels, 32% less than it was in March at 415.44M barrels. The highest recorded diesel price in the history of Oregon is today 09/21/2026 at $6.84/gal….

The 1-5 Corridor will have a planned 5-7 week shutdown of the 1-5 Corridor next to the Moda Center. This will begin September 11th 2026. For more details, visit our Star Oilco website or call in and ask for Ian.

Fuel prices skyrocketed this past week as military drone strikes resumed between the U.S. & Iran.  The United States completed strikes on multiple Iranian tanker ships, while Iran-backed Houthi forces launched attacks against Saudi Arabia. The Houthi forces struck multiple oil refineries, causing the shutdown of the vital East-West pipeline. Soon after, global oil prices skyrocketed, up $20 per barrel in less than 48 hours. Murban Crude is currently trading at a high of $119.5, with WTI Crude at $100.00.

Drivers in the Portland area are still seeing gas around $5.25/gal & diesel over $6.40/gal. In Seattle, gas prices are $5.65/gal with diesel hovering around $7.05/gal.

For the first time in history, the national average price for diesel is $6 per gallon. This hits American logistics and transportation hard, while the federal oil reserve is currently at 285.36M barrels, 32% less than it was in March at 415.44M barrels.

The 1-5 Corridor will have a planned 5-7 week shutdown of the 1-5 Corridor next to the Moda Center. This will begin September 11th 2026. For more details, visit our page or call in and ask for Ian.

Fuel prices jumped once again this past week. The Olympic Pipeline, which supplies most of the PNW, shut down for maintenance on August 28th and is still down till the end of the week. This caused issues for the supply of both gas and diesel in the region, which led to the price increases we see.

Drivers in the Portland area are still seeing gas around $4.97/gal & diesel over $5.86/gal. In Seattle, gas prices are $5.55/gal with diesel hovering around $6.45/gal.
The Trump admin has announced a seizure and control of over 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil. No, this won’t lower gas prices tomorrow. This is a development that will take over 25 years to fully complete and optimize. Not to mention Venezuelan oil is a very thick blend of crude oil and will take intensive refining to be usable.
WTI Crude is trading around $91.18/barrel as of the 31st.

The 1-5 Corridor will have a planned 5-7 week shutdown of the 1-5 Corridor next to the Moda Center. This will begin September 9th 2026. We will provide more detail on this in the next Fuel Market Report. To learn more, go to Oregon – DOT.

Fuel prices took a significant jump yet again this past week, with prices soaring over $0.30/gal higher than they were the week before. These price jumps were noticed across the board, as both the retail and wholesale rack markets saw significant price jumps. Part of this is due to the shortage of gasoline in the PNW, which has caused gas prices to climb over the last two weeks.

Drivers in the Portland area are still seeing gas around $4.93/gal & diesel over $5.61/gal. In Seattle, gas prices are $5.55/gal with diesel hovering around $6.55/gal. 
The Trump admin has announced an “Economic D-Day” against Iran (after spending over $50 billion of US taxpayer dollars on this war), which will impose new sanctions and restrictions to Iran, as negotiations have ceased to continue between the U.S & Iran. So much remains unclear to the US public about the Iran war, such as why Jared Kushner, a non-elected private citizen and son-in-law of Donald Trump, is serving as a negotiator for the U.S in conversation with Iran.

WTI Crude is trading around $88.40/barrel as of the 25th. There have been no newly announced military strikes occurring within the last 17 days between the U.S & Iran. The 1-5 Corridor will have a planned 10 – 15 week shutdown of the 1-5 Corridor next to the Moda Center. This will begin September 9th 2026. We will provide more detail on this in the next Fuel Market Report. To learn more, go to Oregon – DOT.

Fuel prices were up significantly this past week with the national average price for diesel jumping over $0.14/gal. This past week brought an inversion of price movement on the wholesale market . as gas prices dropped about $0.08/gal while diesel prices jumped over $0.42/gal. These surprisingly did not hit the retail market very hard as retail prices move less than $0.10/gal. Drivers in the Portland area are still seeing gas around $4.85/gal & diesel over $5.65/gal. In Seattle, gas prices are $5.45/gal with diesel hovering around $6.45/gal. 

WTI Crude is trading around $85.37/barrel as of the 17th. There have been no newly announced military strikes occurring within the last 17 days between the U.S & Iran. Although much still remains unclear about the timeline of the war, there have been no new strikes in the last two weeks. 

The 1-5 Corridor will have a planned 10 – 15 week shut down of the 1-5 Corridor next to the Moda Center. This will begin September 9th 2026. We will provide more detail on this in the next Fuel market Report. To learn more go to Oregon – DOT.