The national average price for diesel increased 6.3 cents to $3.157 for the week ending Monday, Oct. 29, 2007, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reported.

For truckers, the increase amounts to about $12 for a 200-gallon fill-up.

One year ago, the price of on-highway diesel, which includes ultra-low sulfur diesel and remaining supplies of low-sulfur diesel, was averaging 64 cents per gallon less than this year.

Low-sulfur diesel on average was $3.095 per gallon, up 7.2 cents from $3.023.

The national average for ULSD was $3.171, up 6.1 cents from $3.110 per gallon.

By region – the EIA divides ULSD prices into nine regions – diesel was highest in California at $3.406 per gallon following an increase of 6.8 cents from $3.338.

The West Coast region averaged $3.405 per gallon, up 7.1 cents from $3.334.

The Rocky Mountain region averaged $3.283 following a 4.7-cent increase from $3.236.

ULSD averaged $3.069 per gallon in the Gulf Coast region, the cheapest average despite an increase of 6.7 cents.

The New England region had an average of $3.250 per gallon for ULSD following an increase of 6.8 cents from $3.182.

The Central Atlantic region averaged $3.252, up 6 cents from $3.192 per gallon.

ULSD in the East Coast region increased 6.7 cents from $3.096 to $3.163.

ULSD jumped 7.2 cents in the Lower Atlantic region from $3.031 to $3.103 per gallon.

The Midwest averaged $3.137 per gallon, up 5.2 cents from the previous week’s average of $3.085.

Monday, Oct. 29, crude prices topped $93.20 a barrel in after-hours electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.