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Release date: August 21, 2019  |  Next release date: August 28, 2019

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Crude Oil
Gasoline
Distillate
Propane
Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
Note: The heating season is over. Data for residential and wholesale prices for heating oil and propane will return in October 2019.

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon)

U.S. on-highway diesel fuel prices graph
Regional on-highway diesel fuel prices graph
On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/20/18 08/19/19 08/12/19 08/05/19 07/29/19 07/22/19 07/15/19 07/08/19
U.S. 3.207 2.994 3.011 3.032 3.034 3.044 3.051 3.055
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.207 3.019 3.034 3.055 3.059 3.072 3.080 3.081
New England (PADD 1A) 3.261 3.048 3.073 3.107 3.106 3.122 3.131 3.134
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.380 3.199 3.215 3.233 3.246 3.259 3.272 3.275
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 3.076 2.892 2.904 2.923 2.924 2.937 2.941 2.940
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.129 2.900 2.924 2.942 2.940 2.948 2.956 2.968
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.981 2.751 2.763 2.787 2.793 2.804 2.805 2.804
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.349 2.939 2.940 2.965 2.967 2.978 2.975 2.980
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.706 3.564 3.580 3.605 3.606 3.611 3.624 3.624
California 3.929 3.887 3.909 3.940 3.940 3.939 3.952 3.953

Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon)

Heating oil futures price contract 1 graph
Heating oil futures price contract 2 graph
Heating oil futures price contract 3 graph
Heating oil futures price contract 4 graph
Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
Contract 1 2.098 1.813 1.808 1.890 1.904 1.890 1.980 1.905
Contract 2 2.103 1.820 1.815 1.896 1.913 1.897 1.987 1.911
Contract 3 2.107 1.823 1.818 1.899 1.920 1.903 1.993 1.918
Contract 4 2.110 1.825 1.821 1.900 1.924 1.907 1.999 1.924

Distillate stocks (million barrels) and days of supply

U.S. distillate stocks graph
Regional distillate stocks graph
U.S. distillate fuel oil 15 ppm sulfur and under stocks graph
U.S. distillate fuel oil greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks graph
U.S. distillate fuel oil greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks graph
U.S. distillate days of supply graph
Total distillate stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 130.8 138.1 135.5 137.5 135.9 136.8 136.2 130.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 42.2 47.0 47.2 46.3 45.2 44.7 45.1 44.4
New England (PADD 1A) 6.4 7.9 7.4 6.7 6.3 6.5 6.4 6.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 22.1 26.6 26.1 27.1 26.4 25.6 25.9 24.8
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 13.8 12.6 13.7 12.6 12.5 12.7 12.7 13.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 32.6 33.7 32.6 32.2 32.8 34.0 34.4 32.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 39.9 41.1 39.2 41.4 39.8 40.1 39.2 37.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.5 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.1 4.1 3.9 4.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.7 12.3 12.3 13.2 14.1 14.0 13.6 12.5
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 116.9 124.2 122.1 124.3 121.7 122.9 122.0 117.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 36.2 41.6 42.1 41.2 39.9 39.7 39.9 39.2
New England (PADD 1A) 4.1 6.9 6.5 5.9 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 19.1 23.3 22.9 23.7 23.1 22.5 22.6 21.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 13.0 11.4 12.7 11.5 11.3 11.6 11.7 12.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 31.7 32.7 31.7 31.4 31.9 33.0 33.4 31.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 34.0 34.8 33.1 35.3 33.0 33.5 32.5 30.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.3 3.9 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 11.8 11.4 11.4 12.4 13.0 13.0 12.5 11.5
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 5.3 3.4 3.2 3.1 3.7 3.6 3.8 4.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.1 1.4 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.3
New England (PADD 1A) 1.8 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.5 1.1 1.1 1.2 1.6 1.4 1.7 1.9
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 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 8.6 10.5 10.2 10.0 10.6 10.2 10.4 9.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.9 4.1 3.9 4.0 4.1 3.7 4.0 3.9
New England (PADD 1A) 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.6
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.0 2.9 2.8 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.9 2.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.4 5.2 5.1 4.9 5.2 5.2 5.0 4.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 33.5 35.9 34.1 35.2 35.6 36.0 36.5 33.9
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. total distillate stocks / Four-week average U.S. distillate fuel oil demand

Distillate production and imports (million barrels per day)

U.S. distillate production graph
U.S. 15 ppm sulfur and under production graph
U.S. greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur production graph
U.S. greater than 500 ppm sulfur production graph
U.S. total distillate imports graph
Total distillate production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 5.289 5.217 5.186 5.258 5.426 5.340 5.077 5.286
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.343 0.257 0.260 0.253 0.302 0.257 0.252 0.254
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.155 1.204 1.204 1.225 1.173 1.249 1.198 1.218
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.008 2.955 2.912 2.937 3.153 3.012 2.889 3.002
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.191 0.222 0.225 0.232 0.179 0.227 0.205 0.223
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.593 0.577 0.585 0.610 0.618 0.596 0.532 0.589
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 4.970 4.924 4.922 4.985 5.053 5.017 4.819 4.966
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.325 0.254 0.258 0.248 0.283 0.251 0.254 0.248
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.155 1.206 1.206 1.224 1.181 1.241 1.203 1.215
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.730 2.695 2.678 2.691 2.831 2.722 2.694 2.698
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.191 0.219 0.219 0.228 0.176 0.227 0.196 0.214
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.569 0.550 0.561 0.594 0.581 0.576 0.472 0.592
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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 0.115 0.106 0.085 0.090 0.140 0.153 0.083 0.112
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.006 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.009 0.003 0.002 0.001
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.004 -0.001 0.002 -0.001 0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.099 0.092 0.074 0.075 0.111 0.124 0.070 0.109
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.005 0.002
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.011 0.010 0.006 0.007 0.020 0.022 0.008 -0.003
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 0.204 0.187 0.180 0.183 0.233 0.170 0.174 0.208
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.012 0.001 0.001 0.004 0.010 0.003 -0.003 0.005
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.000 -0.001 -0.003 -0.003 -0.007 0.006 -0.004 0.000
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.179 0.168 0.160 0.171 0.211 0.166 0.125 0.196
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.003 0.002 -0.001 0.004 0.008
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.013 0.018 0.018 0.008 0.017 -0.003 0.052 -0.001
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
Total distillate 0.162 0.173 0.147 0.148 0.145 0.210 0.126 0.253
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.148 0.164 0.137 0.122 0.122 0.209 0.124 0.251
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.013 0.005 0.005 0.005 0.023 0.001 0.000 0.001
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.005 0.005 0.022 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.001

Distillate demand (million barrels per day)

U.S. distillate demand graph
Distillate demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
Distillate fuel oil 3.909 3.847 3.973 3.900 4.065 3.758 3.859 3.886

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld