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Release Date: September 18, 2024 Next Release Date: September 25, 2024
Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
Note: Weekly heating oil and propane prices are only collected during the heating season, which extends from October through March and will return on October 9, 2024. From April through September, heating oil and propane prices are collected once a month (the second Monday of the month) and published the following week at Heating Oil and Propane Update.

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon)

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/18/23 09/16/24 09/09/24 09/02/24 08/26/24 08/19/24 08/12/24 08/05/24
U.S. 4.633 3.526 3.555 3.625 3.651 3.688 3.704 3.755
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.537 3.585 3.619 3.686 3.725 3.757 3.778 3.830
New England (PADD 1A) 4.587 3.818 3.871 3.919 3.969 4.019 4.058 4.073
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 4.748 3.810 3.847 3.908 3.920 3.935 3.961 3.991
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 4.456 3.479 3.508 3.580 3.628 3.664 3.681 3.742
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.492 3.481 3.528 3.613 3.627 3.674 3.681 3.729
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.352 3.172 3.190 3.265 3.317 3.355 3.371 3.436
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.864 3.588 3.567 3.590 3.608 3.650 3.697 3.702
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.695 4.244 4.257 4.293 4.272 4.294 4.309 4.356
California 6.192 4.733 4.739 4.749 4.707 4.739 4.763 4.821
Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24
Contract 1 3.383 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Contract 2 3.308 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Contract 3 3.171 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Contract 4 3.102 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Note: Futures Prices after April 5, 2024, are not available.
Total distillate stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24
U.S. 119.7 125.1 125.0 122.7 123.1 122.8 126.1 127.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 29.2 35.2 37.2 35.4 34.6 34.4 35.3 34.8
New England (PADD 1A) 3.6 5.2 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.9 4.1 3.9
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 15.7 18.2 19.5 18.5 18.6 18.4 17.9 18.9
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 9.9 11.7 12.5 12.1 11.5 12.1 13.3 12.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 33.6 31.2 32.3 31.0 31.1 31.1 30.0 31.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 41.4 43.8 41.5 42.7 43.9 43.1 46.3 46.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.9 3.5 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 11.5 11.4 10.4 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.7 11.7
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24
U.S. 109.7 116.0 115.6 112.6 114.0 112.4 116.0 117.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 27.5 33.6 35.4 33.7 33.0 33.1 33.9 33.3
New England (PADD 1A) 3.6 5.2 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.9 4.1 3.9
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 14.7 17.6 18.6 17.5 17.8 17.7 17.2 18.2
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 9.3 10.9 11.6 11.3 10.8 11.5 12.6 11.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 32.9 30.5 31.6 30.3 30.3 30.4 29.3 30.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 34.8 38.2 35.9 36.2 38.1 35.9 39.5 39.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 10.8 10.4 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.6 10.7
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24
U.S. 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 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) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.9 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24
U.S. 7.8 6.5 6.9 7.6 6.6 7.8 7.6 7.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.2 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0
New England (PADD 1A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.9 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.7 4.4 4.6 5.5 4.7 5.9 5.5 5.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24
U.S. 31.3 33.0 33.4 32.8 34.2 34.3 34.5 34.9
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
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
U.S. 4.958 5.109 5.068 4.958 4.782 5.056 5.209 5.169
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.228 0.202 0.200 0.195 0.247 0.204 0.204 0.221
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.218 1.206 1.213 1.173 1.144 1.138 1.212 1.226
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.834 3.073 3.034 2.976 2.687 3.085 3.134 3.104
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.197 0.184 0.182 0.175 0.203 0.182 0.195 0.188
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.481 0.443 0.439 0.440 0.501 0.447 0.464 0.430
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
U.S. 4.746 4.955 4.915 4.794 4.563 4.932 5.107 4.928
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.231 0.196 0.191 0.190 0.241 0.214 0.201 0.199
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.218 1.212 1.218 1.170 1.147 1.137 1.223 1.236
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.640 2.937 2.901 2.837 2.486 2.973 3.045 2.906
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.198 0.181 0.181 0.174 0.203 0.178 0.194 0.182
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.460 0.428 0.425 0.424 0.485 0.430 0.443 0.405
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
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
U.S. 0.120 0.083 0.080 0.084 0.124 0.071 0.073 0.123
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.003
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.006 -0.006 -0.001 0.002 0.003 -0.008 -0.010 -0.007
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.100 0.074 0.067 0.067 0.108 0.068 0.064 0.101
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.014 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.011 0.008 0.019 0.027
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
U.S. 0.092 0.071 0.073 0.080 0.095 0.053 0.029 0.118
East Coast (PADD 1) -0.004 0.005 0.008 0.004 0.002 -0.013 0.003 0.019
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.005 -0.001 -0.003 0.001 -0.006 0.008 -0.001 -0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.095 0.062 0.067 0.072 0.093 0.044 0.025 0.097
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.005 0.001 0.007
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.007 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.006 0.009 0.002 -0.002
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
Total distillate 0.140 0.185 0.167 0.137 0.083 0.138 0.201 0.182
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.140 0.181 0.163 0.135 0.083 0.136 0.194 0.179
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.002 0.007 0.003
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
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
U.S. exports 1.164 1.417 1.536 1.540 1.108 1.378 1.523 1.407

Distillate demand (million barrels per day)

Distillate demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24 09/15/23 09/13/24 09/06/24 08/30/24
Distillate fuel oil 3.828 3.794 3.738 3.736 4.166 3.798 3.558 3.997

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld