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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: March 9, 2015   |   Next Release Date: March 16, 2015
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: March 9, 2015   |   Next Release Date: March 16, 2015

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  02/23/15 03/02/15 03/09/15   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.332 2.473 2.487   values are up 0.014 values are down -1.025
East Coast (PADD1) 2.303 2.386 2.421   values are up 0.035 values are down -1.072
  New England (PADD1A) 2.299 2.400 2.468   values are up 0.068 values are down -1.125
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.368 2.449 2.503   values are up 0.054 values are down -1.094
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.255 2.335 2.345   values are up 0.010 values are down -1.040
Midwest (PADD2) 2.274 2.378 2.339   values are down -0.039 values are down -1.199
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.109 2.215 2.228   values are up 0.013 values are down -1.024
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.041 2.123 2.232   values are up 0.109 values are down -1.205
West Coast (PADD5) 2.758 3.130 3.182   values are up 0.052 values are down -0.573
  West Coast less California 2.411 2.632 2.739   values are up 0.107 values are down -0.770
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States
            Change from
    02/23/15 03/02/15 03/09/15   week ago year ago
California   2.959 3.418 3.439   values are up 0.021 values are down -0.458
Colorado   2.154 2.189 2.228   values are up 0.039 values are down -1.360
Florida   2.306 2.414 2.403   values are down -0.011 values are down -1.029
Massachusetts   2.246 2.348 2.415   values are up 0.067 values are down -1.096
Minnesota   2.257 2.420 2.477   values are up 0.057 values are down -1.048
New York   2.462 2.543 2.604   values are up 0.061 values are down -1.147
Ohio   2.360 2.463 2.329   values are down -0.134 values are down -1.266
Texas   2.112 2.231 2.237   values are up 0.006 values are down -1.034
Washington   2.380 2.659 2.829   values are up 0.170 values are down -0.706
Cities
Boston   2.242 2.347 2.408   values are up 0.061 values are down -1.094
Chicago   2.424 2.534 2.473   values are down -0.061 values are down -1.344
Cleveland   2.333 2.417 2.307   values are down -0.110 values are down -1.306
Denver   2.151 2.176 2.209   values are up 0.033 values are down -1.381
Houston   2.040 2.135 2.162   values are up 0.027 values are down -1.034
Los Angeles   3.081 3.531 3.515   values are down -0.016 values are down -0.467
Miami   2.505 2.592 2.597   values are up 0.005 values are down -0.989
New York City   2.310 2.392 2.449   values are up 0.057 values are down -1.159
San Francisco   2.905 3.409 3.442   values are up 0.033 values are down -0.480
Seattle   2.525 2.869 2.991   values are up 0.122 values are down -0.577

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  02/23/15 03/02/15 03/09/15   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.900 2.936 2.944   values are up 0.008 values are down -1.077
East Coast (PADD1) 3.005 3.083 3.105   values are up 0.022 values are down -1.053
  New England (PADD1A) 3.173 3.291 3.332   values are up 0.041 values are down -1.030
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.160 3.293 3.333   values are up 0.040 values are down -1.020
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.853 2.880 2.884   values are up 0.004 values are down -1.090
Midwest (PADD2) 2.826 2.850 2.852   values are up 0.002 values are down -1.161
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.795 2.796 2.795   values are down -0.001 values are down -1.019
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.762 2.779 2.801   values are up 0.022 values are down -1.199
West Coast (PADD5) 3.065 3.097 3.096   values are down -0.001 values are down -0.946
  West Coast less California 2.889 2.934 2.926   values are down -0.008 values are down -1.034
  California 3.208 3.229 3.233   values are up 0.004 values are down -0.879
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (January 2015) Retail Price: $2.12/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 (January 2015) Retail Price: $3.00/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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