Seattle gas prices near all-time record in 2026 as Iran war drives diesel to historic highs; analyst warns of 1970s-style oil crisis

Washington just set an all-time record for diesel prices this week. Now the all-time record for unleaded gasoline in Seattle is in the crosshairs too.

And one of the country’s leading fuel analysts is warning this could get worse than the Arab oil embargo of the 1970s.

Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis for GasBuddy, told “Seattle’s Morning News” on KIRO Newsradio Friday morning that the global oil disruption caused by the war in Iran has entered territory that goes well beyond pump prices…

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