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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: December 31, 2018   |   Next Release Date: January 7, 2019
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: December 31, 2018   |   Next Release Date: January 7, 2019

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/17/18 12/24/18 12/31/18   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.369 2.321 2.266   values are down -0.055 values are down -0.254
East Coast (PADD1) 2.352 2.297 2.251   values are down -0.046 values are down -0.241
  New England (PADD1A) 2.514 2.461 2.422   values are down -0.039 values are down -0.111
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.512 2.460 2.420   values are down -0.040 values are down -0.195
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.205 2.149 2.097   values are down -0.052 values are down -0.291
Midwest (PADD2) 2.135 2.081 2.005   values are down -0.076 values are down -0.448
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.031 1.981 1.926   values are down -0.055 values are down -0.312
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.575 2.485 2.429   values are down -0.056 values are down -0.008
West Coast (PADD5) 3.114 3.084 3.053   values are down -0.031 values are up 0.078
  West Coast less California 2.920 2.877 2.851   values are down -0.026 values are up 0.173
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States
            Change from
    12/17/18 12/24/18 12/31/18   week ago year ago
California   3.271 3.253 3.219   values are down -0.034 values are up 0.071
Colorado   2.359 2.280 2.236   values are down -0.044 values are down -0.160
Florida   2.256 2.192 2.140   values are down -0.052 values are down -0.290
Massachusetts   2.565 2.527 2.483   values are down -0.044 values are down -0.038
Minnesota   2.218 2.157 2.083   values are down -0.074 values are down -0.301
New York   2.608 2.561 2.513   values are down -0.048 values are down -0.065
Ohio   2.042 2.008 1.866   values are down -0.142 values are down -0.601
Texas   2.006 1.954 1.901   values are down -0.053 values are down -0.338
Washington   3.055 3.008 2.989   values are down -0.019 values are up 0.102
Cities
Boston   2.580 2.559 2.512   values are down -0.047 values are down -0.004
Chicago   2.265 2.219 2.125   values are down -0.094 values are down -0.581
Cleveland   2.052 2.028 1.941   values are down -0.087 values are down -0.488
Denver   2.286 2.213 2.174   values are down -0.039 values are down -0.201
Houston   2.025 1.988 1.954   values are down -0.034 values are down -0.207
Los Angeles   3.240 3.245 3.211   values are down -0.034 values are down -0.002
Miami   2.347 2.277 2.239   values are down -0.038 values are down -0.426
New York City   2.488 2.448 2.409   values are down -0.039 values are down -0.161
San Francisco   3.402 3.397 3.376   values are down -0.021 values are up 0.193
Seattle   3.196 3.171 3.146   values are down -0.025 values are up 0.185

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/17/18 12/24/18 12/31/18   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.121 3.077 3.048   values are down -0.029 values are up 0.075
East Coast (PADD1) 3.165 3.132 3.110   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.130
  New England (PADD1A) 3.276 3.237 3.234   values are down -0.003 values are up 0.224
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.342 3.310 3.286   values are down -0.024 values are up 0.135
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.021 2.987 2.965   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.111
Midwest (PADD2) 3.018 2.944 2.907   values are down -0.037 values are down -0.028
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.900 2.869 2.841   values are down -0.028 values are up 0.067
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.178 3.110 3.071   values are down -0.039 values are up 0.090
West Coast (PADD5) 3.604 3.588 3.562   values are down -0.026 values are up 0.201
  West Coast less California 3.313 3.281 3.246   values are down -0.035 values are up 0.173
  California 3.835 3.832 3.813   values are down -0.019 values are up 0.223
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:

What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (November 2018) Retail Price: $2.65/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 (November 2018) Retail Price: $3.30/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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Procedures, Methodology, & Measures of Sampling Variability
   Gasoline
    • Standard Errors
   Diesel fuel
    • Coefficients of Variation

Geographical
   Gasoline:
    • Gasoline prices by region
    • Reformulated gasoline map
    • Map of states in each region
    • EIA city and state gasoline areas
    • Gasoline city definitions

   Diesel Fuel:
    • Map of states in each region

Other
Pump methodology and data history
Federal and state motor fuel taxes

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