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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: May 21, 2012   |  Next Release Date: May 29, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: May 21, 2012   |  Next Release Date: May 29, 2012 

Notice: Changes to Petroleum Marketing Survey Forms for 2013

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  05/07/12 05/14/12 05/21/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.790 3.754 3.714   values are down -0.040 values are down -0.135
East Coast (PADD1) 3.762 3.698 3.631   values are down -0.067 values are down -0.228
  New England (PADD1A) 3.880 3.828 3.781   values are down -0.047 values are down -0.196
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.809 3.764 3.707   values are down -0.057 values are down -0.205
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.692 3.610 3.530   values are down -0.080 values are down -0.254
Midwest (PADD2) 3.721 3.641 3.626   values are down -0.015 values are down -0.191
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.622 3.558 3.489   values are down -0.069 values are down -0.221
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.764 3.762 3.754   values are down -0.008 values are up 0.021
West Coast (PADD5) 4.135 4.255 4.242   values are down -0.013 values are up 0.206
  West Coast less California 4.001 4.063 4.081   values are up 0.018 values are up 0.193
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States
            Change from
    05/07/12 05/14/12 05/21/12   week ago year ago
California   4.213 4.367 4.336   values are down -0.031 values are up 0.215
Colorado   3.824 3.792 3.759   values are down -0.033 values are up 0.010
Florida   3.689 3.604 3.529   values are down -0.075 values are down -0.260
Massachusetts   3.797 3.742 3.695   values are down -0.047 values are down -0.216
Minnesota   3.650 3.614 3.572   values are down -0.042 values are down -0.229
New York   3.971 3.942 3.867   values are down -0.075 values are down -0.198
Ohio   3.751 3.618 3.655   values are up 0.037 values are down -0.062
Texas   3.628 3.568 3.500   values are down -0.068 values are down -0.227
Washington   4.099 4.207 4.256   values are up 0.049 values are up 0.272
Cities
Boston   3.795 3.739 3.694   values are down -0.045 values are down -0.226
Chicago   4.178 4.064 3.993   values are down -0.071 values are down -0.199
Cleveland   3.744 3.650 3.679   values are up 0.029 values are down -0.073
Denver   3.823 3.790 3.755   values are down -0.035 values are up 0.018
Houston   3.692 3.638 3.563   values are down -0.075 values are down -0.156
Los Angeles   4.264 4.442 4.386   values are down -0.056 values are up 0.226
Miami   3.824 3.742 3.689   values are down -0.053 values are down -0.222
New York City   3.851 3.808 3.739   values are down -0.069 values are down -0.257
San Francisco   4.217 4.386 4.348   values are down -0.038 values are up 0.205
Seattle   4.095 4.226 4.278   values are up 0.052 values are up 0.272

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  05/07/12 05/14/12 05/21/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 4.057 4.004 3.956   values are down -0.048 values are down -0.041
East Coast (PADD1) 4.108 4.054 3.999   values are down -0.055 values are down -0.012
  New England (PADD1A) 4.232 4.192 4.130   values are down -0.062 values are down -0.031
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.194 4.135 4.079   values are down -0.056 values are down -0.059
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 4.021 3.969 3.916   values are down -0.053 values are down -0.027
Midwest (PADD2) 3.962 3.897 3.854   values are down -0.043 values are down -0.088
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.962 3.915 3.861   values are down -0.054 values are down -0.074
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 4.047 4.004 3.987   values are down -0.017 values are down -0.114
West Coast (PADD5) 4.312 4.277 4.233   values are down -0.044 values are up 0.032
  West Coast less California 4.226 4.192 4.152   values are down -0.040 values are not available NA
  California 4.385 4.349 4.303   values are down -0.046 values are up 0.016
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (April 2012) Retail Price: $3.90/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 (April 2012) Retail Price: $4.16/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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