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Release date: December 12, 2018  |  Next release date: December 19, 2018

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Analysis
Crude Oil
Gasoline
Distillate
Propane

Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon)

U.S. residential heating oil prices graph
Regional residential heating oil prices graph
Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/11/17 12/10/18 12/03/18 11/26/18 11/19/18 11/12/18 11/05/18 10/29/18
Average 2.880 3.198 3.203 3.274 3.316 3.350 3.356 3.372
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.886 3.202 3.206 3.277 3.319 3.353 3.358 3.374
New England (PADD 1A) 2.817 3.174 3.187 3.225 3.263 3.291 3.291 3.309
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.955 3.232 3.228 3.330 3.376 3.414 3.425 3.439
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.643 2.889 2.915 2.930 2.965 2.995 3.010 3.015
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.573 2.582 2.644 2.754 2.816 2.870 2.902 2.934

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
  12/11/17 12/10/18 12/03/18 11/26/18 11/19/18 11/12/18 11/05/18 10/29/18
U.S. 2.910 3.161 3.207 3.261 3.282 3.317 3.338 3.355
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.901 3.194 3.229 3.277 3.295 3.314 3.329 3.346
New England (PADD 1A) 2.900 3.295 3.310 3.344 3.347 3.356 3.362 3.365
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.060 3.368 3.394 3.447 3.466 3.483 3.498 3.523
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.788 3.053 3.098 3.145 3.165 3.187 3.205 3.217
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.863 3.066 3.117 3.185 3.216 3.262 3.286 3.310
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.705 2.934 2.989 3.035 3.045 3.085 3.106 3.117
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.991 3.239 3.291 3.339 3.360 3.378 3.398 3.405
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.344 3.652 3.694 3.739 3.767 3.807 3.833 3.848
California 3.560 3.887 3.922 3.964 4.000 4.040 4.068 4.074

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
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18 11/02/18 10/26/18
Contract 1 1.929 1.886 1.846 1.876 2.074 2.173 2.173 2.303
Contract 2 1.928 1.878 1.829 1.870 2.067 2.164 2.168 2.303
Contract 3 1.920 1.869 1.822 1.861 2.058 2.155 2.162 2.302
Contract 4 1.903 1.860 1.815 1.852 2.048 2.146 2.155 2.296

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
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18 11/02/18 10/26/18
U.S. 128.1 124.1 125.6 121.8 119.2 119.3 122.9 126.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 49.0 40.0 42.0 40.1 40.3 40.2 40.6 41.4
New England (PADD 1A) 7.5 6.6 7.3 7.5 8.1 7.5 7.6 7.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 29.6 21.9 22.5 21.2 21.0 22.2 21.8 22.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.9 11.5 12.2 11.5 11.2 10.6 11.2 11.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 24.3 28.8 28.2 26.8 25.3 26.2 27.6 28.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.4 38.2 38.4 39.2 38.3 38.0 39.7 40.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.5 4.0 4.0 3.7 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.9 13.2 13.0 11.9 11.7 11.2 11.4 12.3
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18 11/02/18 10/26/18
U.S. 111.4 109.3 110.9 106.5 103.7 104.9 107.8 111.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 40.3 34.0 36.2 33.9 34.0 34.5 34.5 35.9
New England (PADD 1A) 3.4 5.1 5.7 5.7 6.3 6.1 6.1 6.3
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 26.4 18.7 19.4 17.8 17.8 18.9 18.5 19.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.6 10.3 11.1 10.3 9.9 9.6 9.9 10.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 23.4 27.8 27.3 25.9 24.4 25.2 26.4 27.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 32.4 31.6 31.7 32.3 31.1 31.5 33.1 33.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.2 3.7 3.8 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.1 12.2 11.9 11.0 10.8 10.3 10.4 11.1
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18 11/02/18 10/26/18
U.S. 7.2 4.2 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3 4.8 4.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.5 1.7 1.9 2.0 2.2 2.0 2.1 2.0
New England (PADD 1A) 3.1 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.9 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.8 1.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18 11/02/18 10/26/18
U.S. 9.4 10.6 10.3 10.9 11.2 10.0 10.3 10.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.2 4.2 3.9 4.2 4.1 3.8 4.0 3.5
New England (PADD 1A) 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.3 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.6 2.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.9 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.8 0.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.1 5.0 5.0 5.3 5.7 4.9 4.8 5.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18 11/02/18 10/26/18
U.S. 31.9 30.4 30.4 29.0 27.0 27.4 29.7 30.0
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
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18
U.S. 5.317 5.447 5.309 5.157 5.247 5.545 5.571 5.471
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.370 0.362 0.348 0.340 0.348 0.370 0.372 0.359
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.146 1.208 1.138 1.082 1.107 1.305 1.222 1.210
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.983 3.039 2.992 2.940 2.976 3.034 3.123 3.051
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.201 0.205 0.204 0.200 0.209 0.203 0.208 0.210
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.616 0.634 0.627 0.594 0.607 0.632 0.645 0.641
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18
U.S. 4.964 5.104 4.971 4.847 4.933 5.254 5.163 5.135
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.330 0.331 0.323 0.320 0.304 0.342 0.324 0.348
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.144 1.211 1.144 1.094 1.104 1.311 1.223 1.202
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.699 2.759 2.705 2.658 2.719 2.792 2.818 2.747
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.201 0.201 0.201 0.198 0.206 0.200 0.204 0.207
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.591 0.602 0.598 0.577 0.600 0.610 0.594 0.630
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
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18
U.S. 0.134 0.116 0.126 0.123 0.120 0.087 0.143 0.116
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.004 0.005 0.006 0.006 0.006 0.002 0.015 0.002
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.008 0.003 0.003 0.001 0.005 0.002 0.007 0.005
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.110 0.098 0.108 0.108 0.107 0.076 0.108 0.108
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.003 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.003
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.010 0.008 0.008 0.005 0.002 0.005 0.012 -0.003
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18
U.S. 0.219 0.227 0.212 0.187 0.193 0.204 0.265 0.221
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.036 0.026 0.019 0.015 0.038 0.026 0.033 0.009
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.006 -0.006 -0.009 -0.013 -0.003 -0.008 -0.008 0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.174 0.182 0.180 0.174 0.151 0.165 0.197 0.197
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.002 0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.001 0.003 0.004 -0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.016 0.024 0.021 0.012 0.006 0.018 0.039 0.013
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18
Total distillate 0.151 0.217 0.257 0.190 0.149 0.144 0.436 0.186
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.114 0.169 0.217 0.187 0.116 0.106 0.283 0.184
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.028 0.028 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.110 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.037 0.021 0.013 0.003 0.033 0.038 0.042 0.002
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
  12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 12/08/17 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18
Distillate fuel oil 4.014 4.086 4.127 4.198 4.380 4.469 4.037 3.569

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld