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Release date: December 11, 2019  |  Next release date: December 18, 2019

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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
  12/10/18 12/09/19 12/02/19 11/25/19 11/18/19 11/11/19 11/04/19 10/28/19
Average 3.199 3.016 3.003 2.994 2.985 2.972 2.973 2.969
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.203 3.031 3.016 3.008 2.999 2.985 2.987 2.983
New England (PADD 1A) 3.174 2.921 2.906 2.893 2.887 2.876 2.882 2.879
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.234 3.150 3.137 3.136 3.122 3.102 3.104 3.103
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.875 2.797 2.775 2.779 2.777 2.782 2.773 2.786
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.582 2.711 2.723 2.710 2.694 2.696 2.678 2.663

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
  12/10/18 12/09/19 12/02/19 11/25/19 11/18/19 11/11/19 11/04/19 10/28/19
U.S. 3.161 3.049 3.070 3.066 3.074 3.073 3.062 3.064
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.194 3.050 3.059 3.054 3.053 3.050 3.041 3.056
New England (PADD 1A) 3.295 3.085 3.078 3.063 3.049 3.042 3.034 3.028
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.368 3.241 3.246 3.247 3.246 3.245 3.244 3.246
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 3.053 2.914 2.928 2.921 2.922 2.919 2.905 2.932
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.066 2.966 2.982 2.969 2.971 2.972 2.955 2.963
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.934 2.759 2.779 2.776 2.792 2.795 2.795 2.806
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.239 3.207 3.241 3.246 3.232 3.203 3.166 3.082
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.652 3.647 3.704 3.720 3.756 3.758 3.746 3.724
California 3.887 3.904 3.960 3.983 4.003 4.014 4.011 3.998

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
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 11/15/19 11/08/19 11/01/19 10/25/19
Contract 1 1.886 1.952 1.879 1.929 1.948 1.918 1.933 1.980
Contract 2 1.878 1.951 1.879 1.928 1.943 1.913 1.925 1.971
Contract 3 1.869 1.943 1.876 1.925 1.935 1.906 1.913 1.962
Contract 4 1.860 1.928 1.866 1.914 1.922 1.892 1.895 1.949

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
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 11/15/19 11/08/19 11/01/19 10/25/19
U.S. 124.1 123.6 119.5 116.4 115.7 116.7 119.1 119.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 40.0 41.1 39.2 38.3 36.2 37.7 36.6 34.0
New England (PADD 1A) 6.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 7.4 7.1 7.5 6.7
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 21.9 21.8 19.8 19.6 18.0 17.2 16.6 17.3
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.5 11.3 11.3 10.6 10.9 13.3 12.4 9.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 28.8 26.4 25.2 24.3 24.6 24.8 26.6 27.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.2 39.5 39.3 39.3 40.7 40.1 41.8 43.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.0 4.2 3.8 3.2 3.1 3.0 3.2 3.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 13.2 12.4 11.9 11.3 11.1 11.0 10.9 10.8
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 11/15/19 11/08/19 11/01/19 10/25/19
U.S. 109.3 108.1 103.4 99.7 99.8 101.0 103.3 103.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 34.0 35.5 33.4 32.8 31.0 32.3 31.2 28.8
New England (PADD 1A) 5.1 7.3 7.4 7.4 6.6 6.4 6.7 6.1
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 18.7 17.8 16.1 16.1 14.6 13.8 13.2 14.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.3 10.5 10.0 9.3 9.7 12.1 11.3 8.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 27.8 25.4 24.2 23.1 23.4 23.8 25.8 27.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 31.6 31.9 31.2 30.5 32.6 32.3 33.7 34.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.7 3.8 3.5 2.9 2.7 2.6 2.8 3.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.2 11.6 11.1 10.4 10.1 9.9 9.9 9.6
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 11/15/19 11/08/19 11/01/19 10/25/19
U.S. 4.2 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.6 4.3 4.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7
New England (PADD 1A) 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.9
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.6 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.6 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 11/15/19 11/08/19 11/01/19 10/25/19
U.S. 10.6 11.3 11.7 12.4 11.4 11.1 11.5 11.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.2 4.2 4.3 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.5
New England (PADD 1A) 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.8 3.3 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.0 5.8 6.0 6.9 6.1 5.9 6.4 6.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 11/15/19 11/08/19 11/01/19 10/25/19
U.S. 30.4 30.9 28.4 26.5 26.6 27.2 28.0 28.6
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
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19
U.S. 5.447 5.172 5.125 5.028 5.545 5.228 5.263 5.075
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.362 0.256 0.249 0.243 0.370 0.250 0.252 0.262
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.208 1.131 1.120 1.116 1.305 1.148 1.159 1.097
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.039 2.997 2.968 2.892 3.034 3.045 3.055 2.935
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.205 0.202 0.199 0.186 0.203 0.205 0.208 0.205
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.634 0.586 0.589 0.592 0.632 0.580 0.589 0.576
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19
U.S. 5.104 4.834 4.781 4.689 5.254 4.891 4.928 4.738
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.331 0.255 0.247 0.243 0.342 0.253 0.250 0.261
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.211 1.131 1.117 1.108 1.311 1.145 1.173 1.108
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.759 2.687 2.656 2.591 2.792 2.751 2.736 2.611
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.201 0.200 0.196 0.178 0.200 0.203 0.209 0.200
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.602 0.561 0.565 0.569 0.610 0.540 0.560 0.558
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
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19
U.S. 0.116 0.130 0.121 0.129 0.087 0.180 0.131 0.094
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.005 0.003 -0.001 -0.002 0.002 0.020 0.007 0.006
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.008 0.002 0.008 -0.017 -0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.098 0.113 0.112 0.113 0.076 0.125 0.120 0.091
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 0.001 0.002 0.004 0.001 0.003 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.008 0.012 0.007 0.006 0.005 0.024 0.021 -0.001
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19
U.S. 0.227 0.208 0.223 0.211 0.204 0.157 0.203 0.243
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.026 -0.002 0.002 0.002 0.026 -0.023 -0.005 -0.005
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.006 -0.002 0.001 0.001 -0.008 -0.005 0.003 -0.009
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.182 0.197 0.200 0.188 0.165 0.169 0.199 0.234
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.000 -0.001 0.004
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.024 0.014 0.017 0.017 0.018 0.015 0.008 0.019
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19
Total distillate 0.217 0.215 0.233 0.274 0.144 0.162 0.143 0.238
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.169 0.214 0.233 0.273 0.106 0.161 0.143 0.238
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.028 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.021 0.001 0.000 0.001 0.038 0.001 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
  12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19 12/07/18 12/06/19 11/29/19 11/22/19
Distillate fuel oil 4.086 4.001 4.202 4.387 4.469 3.731 3.556 4.393

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld