# Brent Crude at $125.44/bbl, Up 10% on the Week _Oct 13, 2026_ > The DOE diesel index is $6.199/gal for the week of Oct 5, down 18.3 cents. At the stated 6.5 mpg reference, that is 95.4 cents a mile. Brent crude jumped 10.1% on the week to $125.44/bbl, 53% above the five-year median. _Numbers as of Oct 13, 2026 pull._ The DOE number for the week of 2026-10-05 is **$6.199/gal**, down 18.3 cents on the week, per EIA's weekly on-highway diesel price survey. At the stated 6.5 mpg reference, that is **95.4 cents a mile** of fuel cost. The week's move trims about **$14.08** from the cost of a 500-mile haul. [Chart: Diesel fuel cost per mile (at 6.5 mpg)](https://mondaydiesel.com/costpermile/diesel-cost-per-mile) ([data](https://mondaydiesel.com/costpermile/diesel-cost-per-mile.md) — chart image: https://mondaydiesel.com/charts/issues/diesel/2026-10-13/costpermile/diesel-cost-per-mile.png) - **Brent crude (Europe spot):** $125.44/bbl as of Oct 6, up 10.1% week over week, per EIA's daily spot series. At 53% above the five-year median, Brent is the week's largest percentage mover across all series tracked here. - **WTI crude (Cushing spot):** $96.24/bbl as of Oct 6, up 0.1% week over week and 24% above the five-year median, per EIA's daily spot series. Over the DOE survey week itself, WTI fell $3.24/bbl from $99.37/bbl to $96.13/bbl before recovering to near-flat by Oct 6. - **Crude vs pump, same span:** The DOE number fell 18.3 cents while WTI dropped $3.24/bbl over the week ending Oct 5. Crude is roughly half the cost of a gallon at the pump and reaches it with a lag of days to weeks. - **West Coast vs Gulf Coast:** The West Coast (PADD 5) at $7.229/gal sits 141.0 cents/gal over the Gulf Coast (PADD 3) at $5.819/gal, per EIA's weekly on-highway survey. - **Seasonal position:** AAA Oregon/Idaho's Marie Dodds said Oct 6 that pump prices remain the highest on record for this time of year. The DOE number enters peak fall harvest trucking demand season with back-to-back weeks of declines. Gulf Coast ULSD spot was $4.510/gal on Oct 5 and $4.565/gal on Oct 6, per EIA's daily spot series. New York Harbor ULSD was $4.713/gal on Oct 6. The US pump at $6.199/gal sits $1.689/gal over the Oct 5 Gulf Coast spot level. That gap includes fuel taxes and the full distribution layer. It is a retail-layer proxy, not a station margin. --- Canonical URL: https://mondaydiesel.com/issues/2026-10-13