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Date Published : September 8, 2010
Next Update : October 13, 2010
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Table 2. U.S. Energy Prices
2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Crude Oil Prices
(Dollars per barrel) 		         
West Texas Intermediate Spot Average units View a Chart for this Series 72.32 99.57 61.66 77.37 82.00
Imported Average units View a Chart for this Series 67.19 92.57 59.04 74.13 79.06
Refiner Average Acquisition Cost units View a Chart for this Series 68.13 94.68 59.36 75.04 80.04
Liquid Fuels
(Cents per gallon) 		         
Refiner Prices for Resale          
Gasoline units View a Chart for this Series 218.1 258.4 176.1 210.1 227.1
Diesel Fuel units View a Chart for this Series 220.3 299.4 171.0 213.4 232.6
Heating Oil units View a Chart for this Series 207.3 274.5 165.5 207.5 223.8
Refiner Prices to End Users          
Jet Fuel units View a Chart for this Series 217.1 305.0 170.6 214.0 232.1
No. 6 Residual Fuela units View a Chart for this Series 138.7 199.6 132.8 169.7 185.5
Propane to Petrochemical Sector units View a Chart for this Series 116.8 140.0 85.5 114.2 113.7
Retail Prices Including Taxes          
Gasoline Regular Gradeb units View a Chart for this Series 280.6 325.7 234.9 272.3 289.7
Gasoline All Gradesb units View a Chart for this Series 285.3 331.0 240.2 277.5 294.8
On-highway Diesel Fuel units View a Chart for this Series 287.9 379.6 246.3 292.9 309.9
Heating Oil units View a Chart for this Series 272.1 337.9 252.0 289.5 306.2
Propane units View a Chart for this Series 214.9 251.4 212.5 229.0 233.2
Natural Gas          
Average Wellhead
(Dollars per thousand cubic feet) 		units View a Chart for this Series 6.38 8.08 3.72 4.25 4.51
Henry Hub Spot
(Dollars per thousand cubic feet) 		units View a Chart for this Series 7.18 9.12 4.06 4.68 4.90
Henry Hub Spot
(Dollars per million Btu) 		units View a Chart for this Series 6.97 8.86 3.95 4.54 4.76
End-Use Prices
(Dollars per thousand cubic feet) 		         
Industrial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 7.67 9.67 5.28 5.70 6.08
Commercial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 11.35 12.23 9.86 9.47 9.95
Residential Sector units View a Chart for this Series 13.08 13.89 11.97 11.55 12.14
Electricity          
Power Generation Fuel Costs
(Dollars per million Btu) 		         
Coal units View a Chart for this Series 1.77 2.07 2.21 2.25 2.19
Natural Gas units View a Chart for this Series 7.09 9.13 4.69 5.27 5.53
Residual Fuel Oilc units View a Chart for this Series 8.59 13.68 8.85 11.52 12.32
Distillate Fuel Oil units View a Chart for this Series 14.66 21.46 13.10 16.17 17.52
End-Use Prices
(Cents per kilowatthour) 		         
Industrial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 6.39 6.83 6.84 6.78 6.74
Commercial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 9.65 10.36 10.21 10.31 10.39
Residential Sector units View a Chart for this Series 10.65 11.26 11.55 11.63 11.91
a Average for all sulfur contents.
b Average self-service cash price.
c Includes fuel oils No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, and topped crude.
 
  - = no data available
  Notes: Prices are not adjusted for inflation.
  The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
  Prices exclude taxes unless otherwise noted.
  Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Petroleum Marketing Monthly, DOE/EIA-0380;
  Weekly Petroleum Status Report, DOE/EIA-0208; Natural Gas Monthly, DOE/EIA-0130; Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226; and Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035.
  Natural gas Henry Hub and WTI crude oil spot prices from Reuter's News Service (http://www.reuters.com).
  Minor discrepancies with published hstorical data are due to independent rounding.
  Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.