Table 19. U.S. Refiner Residual Fuel Oil Prices (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) ________________________________________________________________________________ | | | | Sulfur Less Than | Sulfur Greater Than | |or Equal to 1 Percent| 1 Percent | Average Year |_____________________|_____________________|_____________________ Month | | | | | | | Sales to | Sales for| Sales to | Sales for| Sales to | Sales for | End Users| Resale | End Users| Resale | End Users| Resale ______________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________|__________ 1978 ......... 31.4 29.3 27.5 24.5 29.8 26.3 1979 ......... 46.8 45.0 38.9 36.6 43.6 39.9 1980 ......... 67.5 60.8 52.3 47.9 60.7 52.8 1981 ......... 82.9 74.8 67.3 62.2 75.6 66.3 1982 ......... 74.7 69.5 61.1 57.2 67.6 61.2 1983 ......... 69.5 64.3 61.1 59.1 65.1 60.9 1984 ......... 72.0 68.5 65.9 63.9 68.7 65.4 1985 ......... 64.4 61.0 58.2 56.0 61.0 57.7 1986 ......... 37.2 32.8 31.7 28.9 34.3 30.5 1987 ......... 44.7 41.2 39.6 36.2 42.3 38.5 1988 ......... 37.2 33.3 30.0 27.1 33.4 30.0 1989 ......... 43.6 40.7 34.4 33.1 38.5 36.0 1990 ......... 50.5 47.2 40.0 37.2 44.4 41.3 1991 ......... 40.2 36.4 30.6 29.2 34.0 31.4 1992 ......... 38.9 35.1 31.2 28.6 33.6 30.8 1993 ......... 39.7 33.7 30.3 25.6 33.7 29.3 1994 ......... 40.1 34.5 33.0 28.7 35.2 31.7 1995 ......... 43.6 38.3 37.7 33.8 39.2 36.3 1996 ......... 52.6 45.6 43.3 38.9 45.5 42.0 1997 ......... 48.8 41.5 40.3 36.6 42.3 38.7 1998 ......... 35.4 29.9 28.7 26.9 30.5 28.0 1999 ......... 40.5 38.2 36.2 32.9 37.4 35.4 2000 ......... 70.8 62.7 56.6 51.2 60.2 56.6 2001 ......... 64.2 52.3 49.2 42.8 53.1 47.6 2002 January... 51.8 40.4 41.6 33.7 44.2 38.2 February.. 52.2 37.1 40.9 33.7 43.3 35.9 March..... 53.5 46.0 48.3 40.5 49.7 43.7 April..... 59.4 53.8 55.0 48.0 56.0 51.2 May....... 63.5 56.3 56.6 52.1 58.1 54.5 June...... 61.4 53.5 57.2 53.3 58.2 53.4 July...... 63.2 55.7 56.8 50.9 58.6 53.7 August.... 67.4 60.6 59.2 55.8 61.4 58.4 September. 67.8 60.1 62.6 56.8 63.8 58.7 October... 72.7 65.1 63.7 54.5 65.8 60.7 November.. 73.6 59.1 54.8 58.2 60.1 58.7 December.. 73.9 67.6 56.6 59.7 62.0 64.1 2002 ......... 64.0 54.6 54.4 50.8 56.9 53.0 2003 January... 86.1 79.5 70.9 NA 75.4 72.2 February.. 95.6 93.9 77.0 74.8 83.8 85.8 March..... 97.4 88.1 72.3 62.5 81.3 77.2 April..... 78.1 60.0 59.4 52.2 64.5 56.6 May....... 74.9 62.6 58.8 53.9 61.9 57.7 June...... 71.9 62.4 60.0 54.5 63.9 57.6 July...... 74.5 65.0 67.7 58.4 70.1 61.3 August.... 75.4 66.9 67.3 60.1 69.8 63.0 September. 72.0 62.2 61.2 57.2 64.6 59.2 October... 70.7 65.0 62.8 57.2 65.2 60.1 November.. 76.7 67.0 62.2 58.8 66.7 62.2 December.. 79.3 66.5 60.7 54.5 66.8 62.2 2003 ......... 80.5 72.4 65.2 58.8 70.0 65.6 2004 January... 84.4 75.3 64.9 57.6 71.6 69.0 February.. 80.7 76.3 64.0 59.3 70.3 69.7 March..... 76.3 67.3 62.5 57.1 67.5 62.8 ________________________________________________________________________________ NA = Not available. Notes: Values shown for the current month are preliminary. Values shown for previous months are revised. Data are final upon publication in the Petroleum Marketing Annual. Sources: Energy Information Administration Form EIA-782A, "Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report," January 1983 forward; Form EIA-460, "Petroleum Industry Monthly Report for Product Prices," source for backcast estimates prior to January 1983.