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Release date: April 8, 2020  |  Next release date: April 15, 2020

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Crude Oil
Gasoline
Distillate
Propane
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 7, 2020.

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
  04/08/19 04/06/20 03/30/20 03/23/20 03/16/20 03/09/20 03/02/20 02/24/20
U.S. 3.093 2.548 2.586 2.659 2.733 2.814 2.851 2.882
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.137 2.634 2.671 2.724 2.789 2.860 2.898 2.931
New England (PADD 1A) 3.193 2.745 2.793 2.849 2.918 2.990 3.023 3.061
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.324 2.827 2.866 2.911 2.989 3.045 3.081 3.117
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.998 2.480 2.514 2.573 2.627 2.709 2.748 2.779
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.993 2.394 2.432 2.499 2.591 2.689 2.725 2.756
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.879 2.325 2.363 2.438 2.504 2.577 2.627 2.654
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.028 2.541 2.592 2.680 2.742 2.803 2.826 2.849
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.591 3.090 3.126 3.248 3.322 3.399 3.424 3.459
California 3.910 3.368 3.395 3.552 3.625 3.705 3.728 3.778

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
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20
Contract 1 2.042 1.071 1.069 1.006 1.137 1.385 1.491 1.687
Contract 2 2.045 1.095 1.069 1.014 1.146 1.382 1.477 1.682
Contract 3 2.050 1.127 1.082 1.033 1.161 1.387 1.473 1.677
Contract 4 2.056 1.163 1.103 1.057 1.184 1.398 1.473 1.676

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
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20
U.S. 128.1 122.7 122.2 124.4 125.1 128.1 134.5 138.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 38.2 35.5 33.0 35.0 36.5 36.6 39.4 39.4
New England (PADD 1A) 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.4 6.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 20.3 16.2 16.2 17.6 17.4 18.0 20.6 21.9
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.6 13.1 10.7 10.7 12.6 11.9 12.4 11.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 34.2 29.8 30.2 30.9 31.2 32.4 32.8 32.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.5 41.1 42.7 42.4 41.0 42.2 44.6 48.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.7 4.1 4.0 3.9 4.5 4.4 4.2 4.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 13.5 12.2 12.3 12.3 11.9 12.5 13.5 13.8
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20
U.S. 113.4 110.0 108.3 110.3 112.2 115.4 120.3 125.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 31.7 31.8 29.2 30.8 32.6 32.5 34.8 34.7
New England (PADD 1A) 5.3 5.8 5.9 6.4 6.3 6.5 6.2 6.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 16.3 13.8 13.6 14.5 14.5 15.1 17.1 18.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.1 12.2 9.7 9.8 11.7 10.9 11.5 9.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 33.0 29.0 29.3 30.1 30.2 31.5 32.0 32.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 32.8 34.3 34.8 34.7 34.4 35.9 37.2 41.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.4 3.9 3.8 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.0 3.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.6 11.1 11.2 11.1 10.7 11.3 12.2 12.7
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20
U.S. 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.5 3.7 4.0 4.5 3.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.4 1.6
New England (PADD 1A) 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.0 1.8 2.2 2.2 1.5 1.6 2.3 1.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20
U.S. 11.0 8.6 9.5 9.7 9.3 8.7 9.7 9.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.8 2.2 2.3 2.7 2.5 2.4 3.1 3.1
New England (PADD 1A) 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.1 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.0 1.8 2.5 2.3
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 1.1 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.8 5.0 5.8 5.5 5.1 4.7 5.0 5.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.7 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.9 1.0 0.8
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20
U.S. 30.4 31.6 30.3 30.9 30.4 31.7 34.5 34.9
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
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20
U.S. 4.939 4.868 4.799 4.719 5.038 4.982 4.966 4.838
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.296 0.212 0.200 0.187 0.289 0.224 0.232 0.199
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.030 1.019 1.013 1.023 1.024 1.026 1.021 1.059
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.829 2.875 2.817 2.733 2.960 2.977 2.974 2.786
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.200 0.182 0.192 0.202 0.201 0.179 0.175 0.173
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.584 0.580 0.577 0.574 0.565 0.577 0.565 0.621
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20
U.S. 4.561 4.581 4.526 4.448 4.638 4.766 4.655 4.544
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.262 0.212 0.202 0.187 0.267 0.222 0.236 0.194
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.020 1.021 1.013 1.025 1.004 1.034 1.015 1.064
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.519 2.612 2.566 2.491 2.623 2.768 2.695 2.506
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.197 0.180 0.190 0.199 0.197 0.176 0.173 0.173
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.562 0.557 0.556 0.546 0.547 0.566 0.535 0.606
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
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20
U.S. 0.141 0.129 0.123 0.138 0.154 0.117 0.112 0.153
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.009 0.008 0.008 0.008 0.010 0.006 0.000 0.022
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.007 0.003 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.001 0.005 -0.002
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.112 0.104 0.098 0.112 0.128 0.107 0.084 0.117
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 0.004 0.003 0.003 0.003 0.005 0.003 0.003
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.010 0.011 0.011 0.010 0.007 -0.002 0.020 0.013
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20
U.S. 0.238 0.158 0.149 0.134 0.246 0.099 0.199 0.141
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.024 -0.008 -0.010 -0.008 0.012 -0.004 -0.005 -0.018
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.003 -0.005 -0.004 -0.006 0.014 -0.010 0.001 -0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.198 0.158 0.153 0.130 0.208 0.102 0.194 0.164
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 -0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.002 -0.001 -0.003
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.012 0.013 0.011 0.017 0.011 0.013 0.010 0.002
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20
Total distillate 0.135 0.173 0.203 0.203 0.098 0.185 0.127 0.115
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.123 0.173 0.203 0.202 0.095 0.185 0.127 0.115
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.011 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.002 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 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
  04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20 04/05/19 04/03/20 03/27/20 03/20/20
Distillate fuel oil 4.214 3.880 4.028 4.031 3.779 3.807 3.907 3.795

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld