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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: November 5, 2018   |   Next Release Date: November 13, 2018
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: November 5, 2018   |   Next Release Date: November 13, 2018

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  10/22/18 10/29/18 11/05/18   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.841 2.811 2.753   values are down -0.058 values are up 0.192
East Coast (PADD1) 2.777 2.733 2.680   values are down -0.053 values are up 0.203
  New England (PADD1A) 2.837 2.812 2.776   values are down -0.036 values are up 0.213
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.888 2.853 2.805   values are down -0.048 values are up 0.194
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.690 2.636 2.575   values are down -0.061 values are up 0.225
Midwest (PADD2) 2.689 2.680 2.604   values are down -0.076 values are up 0.058
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.582 2.523 2.455   values are down -0.068 values are up 0.206
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.963 2.958 2.935   values are down -0.023 values are up 0.397
West Coast (PADD5) 3.499 3.482 3.450   values are down -0.032 values are up 0.401
  West Coast less California 3.241 3.231 3.208   values are down -0.023 values are up 0.494
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States
            Change from
    10/22/18 10/29/18 11/05/18   week ago year ago
California   3.709 3.683 3.644   values are down -0.039 values are up 0.401
Colorado   2.881 2.854 2.818   values are down -0.036 values are up 0.303
Florida   2.723 2.669 2.599   values are down -0.070 values are up 0.268
Massachusetts   2.823 2.804 2.782   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.219
Minnesota   2.752 2.726 2.683   values are down -0.043 values are up 0.192
New York   2.904 2.888 2.868   values are down -0.020 values are up 0.274
Ohio   2.527 2.640 2.497   values are down -0.143 values are down -0.110
Texas   2.562 2.496 2.430   values are down -0.066 values are up 0.185
Washington   3.452 3.442 3.430   values are down -0.012 values are up 0.510
Cities
Boston   2.804 2.789 2.770   values are down -0.019 values are up 0.215
Chicago   2.786 2.835 2.753   values are down -0.082 values are down -0.106
Cleveland   2.613 2.655 2.561   values are down -0.094 values are down -0.096
Denver   2.852 2.815 2.773   values are down -0.042 values are up 0.282
Houston   2.534 2.471 2.418   values are down -0.053 values are up 0.244
Los Angeles   3.721 3.701 3.645   values are down -0.056 values are up 0.311
Miami   2.765 2.721 2.668   values are down -0.053 values are down -0.038
New York City   2.863 2.829 2.789   values are down -0.040 values are up 0.225
San Francisco   3.758 3.722 3.710   values are down -0.012 values are up 0.439
Seattle   3.505 3.501 3.491   values are down -0.010 values are up 0.529

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  10/22/18 10/29/18 11/05/18   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.380 3.355 3.338   values are down -0.017 values are up 0.456
East Coast (PADD1) 3.369 3.346 3.329   values are down -0.017 values are up 0.481
  New England (PADD1A) 3.368 3.365 3.362   values are down -0.003 values are up 0.550
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.533 3.523 3.498   values are down -0.025 values are up 0.523
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.254 3.217 3.205   values are down -0.012 values are up 0.441
Midwest (PADD2) 3.333 3.310 3.286   values are down -0.024 values are up 0.425
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.152 3.117 3.106   values are down -0.011 values are up 0.438
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.408 3.405 3.398   values are down -0.007 values are up 0.433
West Coast (PADD5) 3.871 3.848 3.833   values are down -0.015 values are up 0.501
  West Coast less California 3.587 3.564 3.538   values are down -0.026 values are up 0.463
  California 4.096 4.074 4.068   values are down -0.006 values are up 0.527
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:

What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (September 2018) Retail Price: $2.84/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 (September 2018) Retail Price: $3.26/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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