Monthly price and volume statistics on crude oil and petroleum products at a national, regional
and state level.
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Petroleum Marketing Monthly
Data for May 2019 | Release Date: August 1, 2019 | Next Release Date: September 3, 2019 | full report
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Figure HL1. Crude oil and petroleum product wholesale prices
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Crude oil
Petroleum products
Motor gasoline
- Average prices for refiner sales of motor gasoline moved in different directions during May. The average retail price rose 3.3 cents to $2.520 per gallon, while the average wholesale price decreased 2.8 cents to $2.110 per gallon.
- Sales of finished motor gasoline by refiners rose again in May. Total sales rose 4.8 million gallons per day (1.5%) to an average of 333.8 million gallons per day. Retail sales increased 600,000 gallons per day (2.5%), while wholesales climbed 4.2 million gallons per day (1.4%). DTW sales accounted for 7.0% of wholesales, while rack and bulk sales explained 87.9% and 5.1%, respectively.
No. 2 distillate
- Prices for refiner sales of No. 2 distillates moved higher in most sales categories during May. The average price for No. 2 diesel fuel sold to end users rose 1.6 cents to $2.275 per gallon, while the average wholesale price increased 0.6 cents to $2.106 per gallon. The average retail price for No. 2 fuel oil fell 7.2 cents to $2.389 per gallon, while the average wholesale price increased 1.0 cent to $2.003 per gallon.
- Monthly sales of No. 2 ultra-low sulfur diesel by refiners rose 800,000 gallons per day (0.5%) to 171.6 million gallons per day in May. Retail sales increased 100,000 gallons per day (0.9%), while wholesales rose 700,000 gallons per day (0.4%).
Residual fuel oil
- May monthly average prices for refiner sales of residual fuel oil declined from April levels. The retail price for residual fuel oil fell 2.9 cents to $1.656 per gallon, while the wholesale price dropped 4.8 cents to $1.529 per gallon.
- Refiner residual fuel oil sales decreased to 10.1 million gallons per day in May. Retail sales fell 300,000 per day (12.5%), while wholesales declined 1.3 million gallons per day (14.0%).
Other products
- Refiner prices for the remaining surveyed products show mixed movements in May. Prices for kerosene-type jet fuel increased at retail and wholesale, while propane prices fell in both sales categories. Prices for aviation gasoline and kerosene declined at the wholesale level, while the No. 1 distillate price rose in the same category.
- Refiner sales of propane increased at retail but fell at wholesale in May. Kerosene-type jet fuel and No. 1 distillate sales declined at both the retail and wholesale levels. Sales of aviation gasoline and kerosene increased in the wholesale category.