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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: February 21, 2012  |  Next Release Date: February 27, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: February 21, 2012   |  Next Release Date: February 27, 2012 

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  02/06/12 02/13/12 02/20/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.482 3.523 3.591   values are up 0.068 values are up 0.402
East Coast (PADD1) 3.553 3.612 3.654   values are up 0.042 values are up 0.480
  New England (PADD1A) 3.595 3.644 3.692   values are up 0.048 values are up 0.464
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.571 3.627 3.670   values are up 0.043 values are up 0.461
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.528 3.591 3.630   values are up 0.039 values are up 0.498
Midwest (PADD2) 3.411 3.407 3.464   values are up 0.057 values are up 0.324
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.349 3.431 3.479   values are up 0.048 values are up 0.449
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.068 3.071 3.097   values are up 0.026 values are up 0.027
West Coast (PADD5) 3.669 3.727 3.896   values are up 0.169 values are up 0.415
  West Coast less California 3.516 3.542 3.655   values are up 0.113 values are up 0.303
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States
            Change from
    02/06/12 02/13/12 02/20/12   week ago year ago
California   3.758 3.835 4.035   values are up 0.200 values are up 0.480
Colorado   3.057 3.067 3.083   values are up 0.016 values are up 0.027
Florida   3.540 3.642 3.662   values are up 0.020 values are up 0.528
Massachusetts   3.512 3.548 3.604   values are up 0.056 values are up 0.451
Minnesota   3.341 3.417 3.450   values are up 0.033 values are up 0.285
New York   3.759 3.811 3.852   values are up 0.041 values are up 0.460
Ohio   3.445 3.313 3.480   values are up 0.167 values are up 0.407
Texas   3.351 3.453 3.497   values are up 0.044 values are up 0.487
Washington   3.535 3.543 3.681   values are up 0.138 values are up 0.295
Cities
Boston   3.503 3.545 3.601   values are up 0.056 values are up 0.453
Chicago   3.568 3.522 3.524   values are up 0.002 values are up 0.198
Cleveland   3.468 3.366 3.491   values are up 0.125 values are up 0.342
Denver   3.036 3.052 3.076   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.051
Houston   3.394 3.436 3.481   values are up 0.045 values are up 0.496
Los Angeles   3.849 3.918 4.123   values are up 0.205 values are up 0.549
Miami   3.664 3.735 3.749   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.513
New York City   3.619 3.660 3.703   values are up 0.043 values are up 0.457
San Francisco   3.740 3.814 4.054   values are up 0.240 values are up 0.480
Seattle   3.558 3.596 3.732   values are up 0.136 values are up 0.337

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  02/06/12 02/13/12 02/20/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.856 3.943 3.960   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.387
East Coast (PADD1) 3.948 4.028 4.053   values are up 0.025 values are up 0.433
  New England (PADD1A) 4.101 4.150 4.161   values are up 0.011 values are up 0.392
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.046 4.128 4.142   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.408
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.846 3.930 3.966   values are up 0.036 values are up 0.409
Midwest (PADD2) 3.751 3.857 3.848   values are down -0.009 values are up 0.331
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.775 3.860 3.886   values are up 0.026 values are up 0.364
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.817 3.841 3.857   values are up 0.016 values are up 0.289
West Coast (PADD5) 4.036 4.121 4.164   values are up 0.043 values are up 0.435
  West Coast less California 3.928 4.017 4.054   values are up 0.037 values are not available NA
  California 4.128 4.209 4.258   values are up 0.049 values are up 0.459
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (January 2012) Retail Price: $3.38/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 2012) Retail Price: $3.83/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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