Texas Gas Prices Rise as Diesel Hovers Near Record High

Another week, and gas prices are still high and are still on the rise.

However, the ones that are feeling the biggest crunch from the high gas prices are the diesel drivers. That includes many of our truckers out there on the road. AAA Texas shares that the average price per gallon of diesel in Texas is $5.93. The highest diesel price ever was recorded last week on September 19, 2026, at $5.97 per gallon. Ouch!

Why is Diesel so High?

According to Patrick De Haan with GasBuddy, oil is at $95 per barrel; that barrel holds 42 gallons, and each gallon costs about $2.26. Diesel (national average) is $6.50 per gallon. So $4 of every gallon of diesel has nothing to do with the price of oil. That cost comes from how hard it is right now to turn oil into diesel.

What's Driving the Price Gap

Think of a barrel of oil like a steer. One steer gives you a lot of ground beef, but only so much brisket. If everyone suddenly wants brisket, brisket prices soar, even though cattle prices haven’t moved and ground beef is sitting in the cooler at a normal price. A barrel of oil works in basically the same way.

Regular Gas Prices Across Texas

Now let's look at the cost of regular gas across Texas. According to AAA Texas, the average price per gallon of regular gas in Texas is $3.95. Tyler is paying the lowest at $3.95, and El Paso is still paying the highest at $4.52. The national average per gallon of regular gas is $4.48.

Amarillo: $4.00 - Last week: $3.96 - up 3 cents from last week
Lubbock: $4.09 - Last week: $4.02 - up 6 cents from last week
Midland: $3.97 - Last week: $4.16 - down 19 cents from last week
Odessa: $3.97 - Last week: $4.14 - down 18 cents from last week
Tyler: $3.95 - Last week: $3.88 - up 6 cents from last week
Abilene: $3.96 - Last week: $3.95 - up 1 cent from last week
El Paso: $4.52 - Last week: $4.41 - up 11 cents from last week

Find out what other Texas cities are paying here.

Crude Oil Prices Right Now

According to OilPrice.com, Brent Crude is currently $107 per barrel, while WTI Crude is at $95.68 per barrel.

Texans need to prepare for gas prices to stay high. Unfortunately, the price of diesel is tied to everything. Truckers deliver goods, and if they have to pay these outrageous diesel prices, the cost will be passed on to the consumer. Brace yourself because the cost of everything is going to rise.

LOOK: See how much gasoline cost the year you started driving

To find out more about how has the price of gas changed throughout the years, Stacker ran the numbers on the cost of a gallon of gasoline for each of the last 84 years. Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (released in April 2020), we analyzed the average price for a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline from 1976 to 2020 along with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for unleaded regular gasoline from 1937 to 1976, including the absolute and inflation-adjusted prices for each year.

Read on to explore the cost of gas over time and rediscover just how much a gallon was when you first started driving.

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