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Release Date: September 20, 2023 Next Release Date: September 27, 2023
Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
Note: Data for residential and wholesale prices for heating oil and propane will return on October 4, 2023.

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon)

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/19/22 09/18/23 09/11/23 09/04/23 08/28/23 08/21/23 08/14/23 08/07/23
U.S. 4.964 4.633 4.540 4.492 4.475 4.389 4.378 4.239
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.889 4.537 4.479 4.474 4.475 4.422 4.402 4.248
New England (PADD 1A) 5.011 4.587 4.478 4.467 4.433 4.414 4.370 4.235
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 5.093 4.748 4.651 4.625 4.616 4.553 4.499 4.395
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 4.800 4.456 4.417 4.419 4.429 4.374 4.371 4.196
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.995 4.492 4.427 4.383 4.385 4.302 4.317 4.195
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.690 4.352 4.212 4.171 4.169 4.095 4.095 3.960
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.932 4.864 4.810 4.727 4.658 4.500 4.394 4.288
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.612 5.695 5.535 5.390 5.302 5.140 5.086 4.911
California 6.149 6.192 5.970 5.801 5.678 5.535 5.518 5.339
Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23 08/04/23
Contract 1 3.173 3.383 3.299 3.105 3.308 3.160 3.122 3.062
Contract 2 3.136 3.308 3.215 3.038 3.267 3.128 3.096 3.037
Contract 3 3.099 3.171 3.089 2.940 3.156 3.043 3.032 2.991
Contract 4 3.066 3.102 3.019 2.888 3.024 2.944 2.952 2.934
Total distillate stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23 08/04/23
U.S. 117.3 119.7 122.5 118.6 117.9 116.7 115.7 115.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 27.9 29.2 29.4 28.9 29.7 28.3 28.5 27.8
New England (PADD 1A) 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.1
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 12.5 15.7 15.6 15.6 16.0 15.1 13.8 14.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.7 9.9 10.0 10.2 10.4 10.2 11.6 10.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 28.1 33.6 34.0 33.2 32.5 32.0 30.9 30.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 45.4 41.4 44.5 42.1 40.9 41.7 41.8 42.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.7 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.8 3.7 3.6 3.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.2 11.5 10.7 10.9 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.6
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23 08/04/23
U.S. 106.6 109.7 112.4 108.5 108.0 107.0 106.7 106.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 25.5 27.5 27.8 27.1 27.8 26.8 27.1 26.4
New England (PADD 1A) 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.2 3.3 3.0 3.1 3.1
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 11.0 14.7 14.8 14.7 15.0 14.3 13.1 13.4
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.8 9.3 9.3 9.2 9.5 9.5 10.9 9.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 27.6 32.9 33.3 32.5 31.8 31.4 30.4 30.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.6 34.8 37.6 35.5 34.7 35.2 35.6 36.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.4 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 11.4 10.8 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.2 9.9
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23 08/04/23
U.S. 2.8 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 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) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.8 1.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23 08/04/23
U.S. 7.9 7.8 7.9 7.8 7.8 7.6 7.1 7.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.8 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.8
New England (PADD 1A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 1.3 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.3 5.7 5.9 5.5 5.3 5.7 5.3 5.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23 08/04/23
U.S. 34.2 31.3 32.7 31.5 31.6 31.0 31.0 30.8
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
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
U.S. 5.051 4.958 5.029 4.959 5.236 4.782 5.011 5.017
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.219 0.228 0.214 0.206 0.209 0.247 0.228 0.216
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.158 1.218 1.244 1.224 1.187 1.144 1.228 1.232
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.001 2.834 2.899 2.867 3.151 2.687 2.860 2.902
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.208 0.197 0.198 0.197 0.211 0.203 0.200 0.200
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.466 0.481 0.474 0.465 0.478 0.501 0.494 0.466
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
U.S. 4.878 4.746 4.839 4.795 5.009 4.563 4.800 4.791
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.223 0.231 0.226 0.223 0.215 0.241 0.235 0.227
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.162 1.218 1.242 1.222 1.182 1.147 1.230 1.235
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.831 2.640 2.719 2.708 2.946 2.486 2.651 2.696
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.205 0.198 0.198 0.197 0.205 0.203 0.203 0.202
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.457 0.460 0.453 0.444 0.461 0.485 0.481 0.431
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
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
U.S. 0.087 0.120 0.116 0.113 0.097 0.124 0.125 0.115
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.001
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.002 0.006 0.007 0.007 0.002 0.003 0.001 0.002
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.075 0.100 0.096 0.092 0.087 0.108 0.108 0.088
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 -0.001 -0.001 -0.001 0.002 0.000 -0.001 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.007 0.014 0.013 0.013 0.007 0.011 0.015 0.024
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
U.S. 0.086 0.092 0.074 0.050 0.130 0.095 0.085 0.111
East Coast (PADD 1) -0.005 -0.004 -0.014 -0.019 -0.006 0.002 -0.008 -0.013
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.007 -0.005 -0.005 -0.006 0.004 -0.006 -0.003 -0.005
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.095 0.095 0.084 0.067 0.118 0.093 0.100 0.119
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 -0.001 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.000 -0.001 -0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.002 0.007 0.008 0.007 0.010 0.006 -0.002 0.011
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
Total distillate 0.153 0.140 0.141 0.127 0.107 0.083 0.185 0.130
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.141 0.140 0.141 0.127 0.107 0.083 0.185 0.130
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.011 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
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
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
U.S. exports 1.569 1.164 1.183 1.210 1.758 1.108 1.056 1.184

Distillate demand (million barrels per day)

Distillate demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 09/16/22 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23
Distillate fuel oil 3.433 3.828 3.746 3.763 3.409 4.166 3.578 3.866

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld