Gas Station Timing
Pick a state. The rows are the same barrel, delayed by the trip that state actually waits. Gasoline and diesel each get that state's invoice for the gallon that has arrived. The price will not fall under the dearest gallon still in the tank.
Clock is frozen on the dock week of 2026-09-25. Move the barrel and it starts.
Frozen
$93.57 a barrel
Barrel
Today
$93.57 a barrel
Crude at the refinery
7 days ago
$93.57 a barrel
Out of the refinery
10 days ago
$93.57 a barrel
Three days inside the refinery. The terminal is already in this state's wholesale. Gasoline and diesel arrive together. Gasoline leaves the tank in 14 days. Diesel sells half as fast, so its tank is 28 days.
10 days ago, the barrel
10 days ago, the barrel
This state's invoice
This state's invoice