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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: February 6, 2012  |  Next Release Date: February 13, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: February 6, 2012   |  Next Release Date: February 13, 2012 

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  01/23/12 01/30/12 02/06/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.389 3.439 3.482   values are up 0.043 values are up 0.350
East Coast (PADD1) 3.456 3.522 3.553   values are up 0.031 values are up 0.427
  New England (PADD1A) 3.507 3.575 3.595   values are up 0.020 values are up 0.392
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.494 3.548 3.571   values are up 0.023 values are up 0.396
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.412 3.486 3.528   values are up 0.042 values are up 0.461
Midwest (PADD2) 3.307 3.349 3.411   values are up 0.062 values are up 0.287
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.228 3.291 3.349   values are up 0.058 values are up 0.375
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.012 3.029 3.068   values are up 0.039 values are up 0.082
West Coast (PADD5) 3.623 3.650 3.669   values are up 0.019 values are up 0.337
  West Coast less California 3.466 3.493 3.516   values are up 0.023 values are up 0.298
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States
            Change from
    01/23/12 01/30/12 02/06/12   week ago year ago
California   3.714 3.741 3.758   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.361
Colorado   2.993 2.986 3.057   values are up 0.071 values are up 0.065
Florida   3.422 3.523 3.540   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.442
Massachusetts   3.417 3.488 3.512   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.374
Minnesota   3.283 3.306 3.341   values are up 0.035 values are up 0.205
New York   3.665 3.724 3.759   values are up 0.035 values are up 0.402
Ohio   3.283 3.408 3.445   values are up 0.037 values are up 0.315
Texas   3.232 3.300 3.351   values are up 0.051 values are up 0.384
Washington   3.497 3.523 3.535   values are up 0.012 values are up 0.252
Cities
Boston   3.413 3.481 3.503   values are up 0.022 values are up 0.372
Chicago   3.532 3.494 3.568   values are up 0.074 values are up 0.258
Cleveland   3.344 3.410 3.468   values are up 0.058 values are up 0.321
Denver   2.977 2.965 3.036   values are up 0.071 values are up 0.056
Houston   3.244 3.349 3.394   values are up 0.045 values are up 0.454
Los Angeles   3.794 3.832 3.849   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.435
Miami   3.573 3.660 3.664   values are up 0.004 values are up 0.469
New York City   3.522 3.588 3.619   values are up 0.031 values are up 0.398
San Francisco   3.697 3.731 3.740   values are up 0.009 values are up 0.321
Seattle   3.524 3.544 3.558   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.280

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  01/23/12 01/30/12 02/06/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.848 3.850 3.856   values are up 0.006 values are up 0.343
East Coast (PADD1) 3.938 3.945 3.948   values are up 0.003 values are up 0.383
  New England (PADD1A) 4.077 4.088 4.101   values are up 0.013 values are up 0.384
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.030 4.040 4.046   values are up 0.006 values are up 0.364
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.843 3.848 3.846   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.345
Midwest (PADD2) 3.736 3.734 3.751   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.276
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.774 3.776 3.775   values are down -0.001 values are up 0.320
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.817 3.816 3.817   values are up 0.001 values are up 0.358
West Coast (PADD5) 4.037 4.033 4.036   values are up 0.003 values are up 0.406
  West Coast less California 3.938 3.930 3.928   values are down -0.002 values are not available NA
  California 4.121 4.120 4.128   values are up 0.008 values are up 0.421
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (December 2011) Retail Price: $3.27/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 (December 2011) Retail Price: $3.86/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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