The national average price-per-gallon for diesel fuel Monday, Nov. 1, declined to $2.206 from last week’s average of $2.212, the U.S. Energy Information Service reported.

Despite the decrease, the average price of diesel fuel in all U.S. regions remained above the $2 mark.

The highest prices in the nation continue to be in California, where the price currently averages $2.431 per gallon, and in the West Coast region, where the price stands at $2.370.

Meanwhile, in New England, the average price is $2.330 (the only area showing an increase); in the Central Atlantic, the price is $2.307; on the East Coast, the price is $2.212; it’s $2.161 in the Lower Atlantic states; $2.172 in the Midwest; $2.147 in the Gulf Coast states; and $2.276 in the Rocky Mountain states.

OPEC President Purnomo Yusgiantoro appeared to predict lower prices Oct.29 when he said oil prices should fall as crude stocks in the United States rose and supplies from the U.S. Gulf of Mexico returned to normal.