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Release Date: March 13, 2024 Next Release Date: March 20, 2024

Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon)

Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/13/23 03/11/24 03/04/24 02/26/24 02/19/24 02/12/24 02/05/24 01/29/24
Average 4.184 4.033 4.063 4.088 4.124 4.144 4.041 4.044
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.198 4.054 4.085 4.112 4.147 4.167 4.068 4.078
New England (PADD 1A) 4.122 4.014 4.054 4.090 4.119 4.145 4.037 4.036
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 4.274 4.102 4.124 4.141 4.183 4.200 4.108 4.130
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 4.135 3.917 3.942 3.957 3.976 3.950 3.901 3.871
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.885 3.635 3.626 3.622 3.667 3.691 3.486 3.363

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon)

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/13/23 03/11/24 03/04/24 02/26/24 02/19/24 02/12/24 02/05/24 01/29/24
U.S. 4.247 4.004 4.022 4.058 4.109 4.109 3.899 3.867
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.360 4.120 4.151 4.185 4.240 4.201 4.043 4.043
New England (PADD 1A) 4.731 4.287 4.296 4.314 4.320 4.350 4.324 4.289
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 4.699 4.309 4.311 4.324 4.355 4.317 4.275 4.228
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 4.196 4.033 4.077 4.120 4.189 4.143 3.929 3.949
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.094 3.913 3.919 3.961 4.010 4.042 3.738 3.704
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.998 3.702 3.731 3.768 3.844 3.865 3.702 3.644
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.431 3.992 4.006 3.999 3.957 3.805 3.650 3.645
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.898 4.651 4.653 4.692 4.721 4.723 4.551 4.508
California 5.312 5.207 5.228 5.225 5.258 5.250 5.121 5.078
Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
Contract 1 2.773 2.641 2.704 2.690 2.807 2.964 2.660 2.843
Contract 2 2.719 2.590 2.641 2.641 2.752 2.871 2.604 2.806
Contract 3 2.676 2.553 2.596 2.573 2.676 2.770 2.541 2.734
Contract 4 2.659 2.538 2.578 2.533 2.619 2.692 2.494 2.667
Total distillate stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 119.7 117.9 117.0 121.1 121.7 125.7 127.6 130.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 33.8 27.5 31.1 32.4 32.6 33.4 32.7 32.6
New England (PADD 1A) 4.6 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 17.3 14.4 16.1 16.9 17.5 16.4 15.6 15.8
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.9 8.8 10.2 10.4 10.3 12.0 12.2 12.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 30.0 32.3 32.6 33.0 33.6 34.0 34.4 34.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.9 41.2 36.8 39.1 38.8 41.6 44.4 46.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.4 4.7 4.6 4.4 4.2 4.2 3.8 4.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.6 12.2 11.9 12.3 12.4 12.5 12.3 12.6
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 111.0 107.9 108.0 111.4 111.6 115.4 118.9 122.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 32.4 25.7 29.4 30.6 30.8 31.7 31.4 31.4
New England (PADD 1A) 4.6 4.3 4.8 5.1 4.8 5.0 4.9 4.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 16.6 13.3 15.1 15.8 16.4 15.3 15.1 15.3
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.2 8.1 9.5 9.6 9.5 11.3 11.4 11.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 29.3 31.5 31.8 32.4 32.9 33.3 33.8 34.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 33.3 34.9 31.3 33.0 32.6 35.0 38.7 40.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.6 4.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 11.8 11.4 11.1 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.8
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 2.1 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6
New England (PADD 1A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 6.6 7.3 6.4 7.2 7.4 7.7 6.2 6.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.7
New England (PADD 1A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.4 0.4
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.6 5.2 4.4 5.1 5.1 5.5 4.4 4.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 32.2 31.6 31.1 32.7 32.4 33.8 34.0 35.8
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. total distillate stocks / Four-week average U.S. distillate fuel oil demand
Total distillate production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 4.565 4.342 4.220 4.223 4.428 4.562 4.345 4.289
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.205 0.203 0.207 0.209 0.198 0.204 0.218 0.200
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.132 1.110 1.127 1.141 1.117 1.031 1.142 1.188
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.606 2.463 2.307 2.284 2.503 2.778 2.444 2.351
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.182 0.162 0.165 0.171 0.182 0.167 0.165 0.146
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.440 0.403 0.415 0.419 0.428 0.382 0.375 0.404
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 4.320 4.200 4.093 4.079 4.201 4.327 4.221 4.182
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.208 0.205 0.212 0.214 0.202 0.197 0.219 0.209
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.125 1.103 1.122 1.138 1.108 1.010 1.132 1.196
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.383 2.349 2.201 2.161 2.302 2.612 2.336 2.266
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.181 0.159 0.162 0.171 0.179 0.163 0.159 0.144
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.423 0.385 0.396 0.395 0.411 0.345 0.375 0.367
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 0.104 0.091 0.079 0.084 0.112 0.121 0.093 0.066
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.000 0.005 0.004 0.004 0.000 0.007 0.004 0.004
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.005 0.007 0.006 0.004 -0.002 0.009 0.010 0.001
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.089 0.065 0.060 0.069 0.103 0.075 0.067 0.042
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.002 0.001 -0.001 0.001 0.005 0.005 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.009 0.011 0.007 0.008 0.011 0.025 0.007 0.019
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 0.142 0.051 0.049 0.060 0.115 0.114 0.031 0.041
East Coast (PADD 1) -0.003 -0.007 -0.009 -0.008 -0.004 -0.001 -0.005 -0.013
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.002 0.001 -0.001 -0.002 0.012 0.012 0.000 -0.009
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.134 0.049 0.045 0.054 0.098 0.092 0.041 0.042
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 -0.001 0.002 0.002
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.008 0.007 0.012 0.015 0.006 0.012 -0.007 0.018
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
Total distillate 0.227 0.181 0.172 0.154 0.155 0.171 0.195 0.112
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.226 0.180 0.171 0.152 0.154 0.170 0.194 0.110
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.001
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Distillate exports (million barrels per day) more export data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. exports 1.061 1.068 1.003 1.021 1.209 1.231 1.055 0.937

Distillate demand (million barrels per day)

Distillate demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
Distillate fuel oil 3.714 3.731 3.766 3.702 3.736 3.375 4.074 3.536

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld