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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: May 13, 2013   |  Next Release Date: May 20, 2013
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: May 13, 2013   |  Next Release Date: May 20, 2013  

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  04/29/13 05/06/13 05/13/13   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.520 3.538 3.603   values are up 0.065 values are down -0.151
East Coast (PADD1) 3.458 3.452 3.484   values are up 0.032 values are down -0.214
  New England (PADD1A) 3.519 3.521 3.551   values are up 0.030 values are down -0.277
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.498 3.490 3.522   values are up 0.032 values are down -0.242
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.410 3.403 3.435   values are up 0.032 values are down -0.175
Midwest (PADD2) 3.554 3.608 3.678   values are up 0.070 values are up 0.037
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.295 3.299 3.364   values are up 0.065 values are down -0.194
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.484 3.491 3.560   values are up 0.069 values are down -0.202
West Coast (PADD5) 3.800 3.811 3.938   values are up 0.127 values are down -0.317
  West Coast less California 3.619 3.639 3.762   values are up 0.123 values are down -0.301
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States
            Change from
    04/29/13 05/06/13 05/13/13   week ago year ago
California   3.905 3.911 4.040   values are up 0.129 values are down -0.327
Colorado   3.524 3.560 3.654   values are up 0.094 values are down -0.138
Florida   3.400 3.394 3.452   values are up 0.058 values are down -0.152
Massachusetts   3.431 3.436 3.463   values are up 0.027 values are down -0.279
Minnesota   3.509 3.601 3.857   values are up 0.256 values are up 0.243
New York   3.675 3.664 3.696   values are up 0.032 values are down -0.246
Ohio   3.525 3.680 3.548   values are down -0.132 values are down -0.070
Texas   3.316 3.324 3.386   values are up 0.062 values are down -0.182
Washington   3.642 3.718 3.939   values are up 0.221 values are down -0.268
Cities
Boston   3.433 3.434 3.461   values are up 0.027 values are down -0.278
Chicago   4.075 4.125 4.175   values are up 0.050 values are up 0.111
Cleveland   3.602 3.707 3.616   values are down -0.091 values are down -0.034
Denver   3.529 3.560 3.657   values are up 0.097 values are down -0.133
Houston   3.342 3.328 3.373   values are up 0.045 values are down -0.265
Los Angeles   3.917 3.945 4.091   values are up 0.146 values are down -0.351
Miami   3.583 3.573 3.591   values are up 0.018 values are down -0.151
New York City   3.515 3.527 3.573   values are up 0.046 values are down -0.235
San Francisco   3.962 3.941 4.072   values are up 0.131 values are down -0.314
Seattle   3.631 3.715 3.986   values are up 0.271 values are down -0.240

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  04/29/13 05/06/13 05/13/13   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.851 3.845 3.866   values are up 0.021 values are down -0.138
East Coast (PADD1) 3.886 3.863 3.865   values are up 0.002 values are down -0.189
  New England (PADD1A) 3.993 3.986 3.995   values are up 0.009 values are down -0.197
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.934 3.911 3.910   values are down -0.001 values are down -0.225
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.831 3.804 3.807   values are up 0.003 values are down -0.162
Midwest (PADD2) 3.839 3.868 3.909   values are up 0.041 values are up 0.012
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.757 3.735 3.739   values are up 0.004 values are down -0.176
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.810 3.804 3.822   values are up 0.018 values are down -0.182
West Coast (PADD5) 3.949 3.923 3.969   values are up 0.046 values are down -0.308
  West Coast less California 3.833 3.830 3.883   values are up 0.053 values are down -0.309
  California 4.047 4.001 4.042   values are up 0.041 values are down -0.307
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:

What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (March 2013) Retail Price: $3.71/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are 
paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by 
pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, 
and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers 
sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (March 2013) Retail Price: $4.07/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and 
trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.

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