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Release date: October 9, 2019  |  Next release date: October 17, 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
  10/08/18 10/07/19 09/30/19 09/23/19 09/16/19 09/09/19 09/02/19 08/26/19
Average 3.352 2.947 NA NA NA NA NA NA
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.355 2.960 NA NA NA NA NA NA
New England (PADD 1A) 3.276 2.860 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.432 3.070 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.984 2.764 NA NA NA NA NA NA
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.970 2.687 NA NA NA NA NA NA

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
  10/08/18 10/07/19 09/30/19 09/23/19 09/16/19 09/09/19 09/02/19 08/26/19
U.S. 3.385 3.047 3.066 3.081 2.987 2.971 2.976 2.983
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.360 3.041 3.065 3.083 2.998 2.992 3.000 3.003
New England (PADD 1A) 3.344 3.047 3.056 3.070 3.013 3.022 3.027 3.031
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.531 3.224 3.238 3.252 3.177 3.161 3.178 3.186
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 3.243 2.915 2.948 2.971 2.874 2.871 2.874 2.874
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.351 2.967 2.987 2.992 2.882 2.864 2.874 2.890
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.169 2.804 2.827 2.858 2.761 2.745 2.740 2.744
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.390 3.022 3.032 3.034 2.959 2.933 2.924 2.936
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.866 3.642 3.645 3.650 3.574 3.548 3.555 3.556
California 4.111 3.981 3.976 3.976 3.901 3.878 3.885 3.887

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
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19 08/23/19
Contract 1 2.392 1.895 1.942 1.986 1.878 1.900 1.828 1.816
Contract 2 2.396 1.880 1.936 1.982 1.877 1.901 1.837 1.824
Contract 3 2.399 1.864 1.928 1.976 1.875 1.902 1.840 1.827
Contract 4 2.396 1.848 1.918 1.967 1.871 1.901 1.840 1.829

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
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19 08/23/19
U.S. 133.5 127.3 131.3 133.7 136.7 136.2 133.5 136.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 43.3 38.6 40.4 41.7 44.7 44.1 44.6 46.2
New England (PADD 1A) 7.6 6.9 7.0 7.5 7.8 7.8 7.8 7.7
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 23.1 20.9 21.8 23.9 24.5 25.5 25.4 25.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 12.6 10.7 11.6 10.4 12.3 10.9 11.3 12.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 32.6 31.3 31.9 31.9 34.6 34.9 33.7 33.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 40.9 41.1 41.9 42.7 40.5 40.0 38.4 39.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.5 4.1 3.9 4.1 4.4 4.3 4.4 4.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 13.1 12.3 13.1 13.2 12.4 12.9 12.5 12.4
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19 08/23/19
U.S. 119.5 112.2 115.5 118.4 121.6 121.5 119.1 122.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 38.6 33.6 35.5 36.6 39.5 38.8 39.5 41.1
New England (PADD 1A) 6.4 6.2 6.3 6.7 7.0 6.9 6.9 6.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 20.6 17.9 19.0 20.5 21.1 22.0 22.3 22.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.5 9.5 10.3 9.3 11.4 9.9 10.3 11.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 31.7 30.2 30.9 31.0 33.6 33.9 32.7 32.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 34.0 33.3 33.3 34.8 33.0 32.8 31.2 33.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.3 3.9 3.7 3.9 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.0 11.3 12.1 12.1 11.4 11.9 11.6 11.4
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19 08/23/19
U.S. 4.3 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.3 3.7 3.7 3.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.8 1.6 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.4
New England (PADD 1A) 0.8 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.8 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
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
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19 08/23/19
U.S. 9.7 10.7 11.4 11.0 10.7 11.0 10.7 10.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.9 3.4 3.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 3.8 3.8
New England (PADD 1A) 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 1.9 2.4 2.5 3.0 3.0 3.1 2.7 2.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.2 5.9 6.5 5.7 5.4 5.7 5.6 5.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19 08/23/19
U.S. 31.5 32.3 33.8 34.1 34.5 34.6 33.8 35.0
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
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19
U.S. 5.127 4.939 5.066 5.151 5.028 4.835 4.813 5.000
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.313 0.261 0.261 0.243 0.335 0.238 0.295 0.251
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.030 1.102 1.141 1.172 0.946 1.072 1.126 1.061
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.976 2.787 2.847 2.902 2.938 2.786 2.595 2.886
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.216 0.202 0.207 0.216 0.221 0.191 0.204 0.196
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.593 0.588 0.609 0.618 0.589 0.547 0.594 0.606
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19
U.S. 4.797 4.651 4.793 4.865 4.648 4.476 4.577 4.746
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.288 0.263 0.263 0.243 0.286 0.237 0.299 0.258
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.031 1.098 1.139 1.172 0.954 1.069 1.107 1.068
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.709 2.520 2.589 2.634 2.653 2.474 2.382 2.630
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.213 0.201 0.207 0.214 0.221 0.192 0.208 0.197
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.556 0.569 0.595 0.602 0.533 0.505 0.580 0.593
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
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19
U.S. 0.124 0.109 0.120 0.127 0.150 0.093 0.079 0.122
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.007 -0.003 0.003 0.003 0.015 -0.020 0.004 0.002
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.001 0.006 0.005 0.002 0.000 0.005 0.017 0.001
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.104 0.106 0.108 0.115 0.125 0.116 0.067 0.111
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.011 0.000 0.003 0.007 0.012 -0.009 -0.009 0.007
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19
U.S. 0.206 0.179 0.153 0.158 0.230 0.266 0.158 0.132
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.018 0.000 -0.005 -0.003 0.034 0.022 -0.008 -0.008
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.003 -0.002 -0.003 -0.003 -0.008 -0.002 0.002 -0.009
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.163 0.161 0.150 0.153 0.159 0.197 0.145 0.144
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.001 0.001 -0.001 -0.005 -0.002
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.027 0.020 0.011 0.010 0.044 0.050 0.023 0.006
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19
Total distillate 0.154 0.095 0.083 0.102 0.187 0.092 0.050 0.094
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.137 0.086 0.078 0.096 0.179 0.069 0.048 0.088
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 0.016 0.008 0.003 0.004 0.008 0.024 0.002 0.004
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002

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
  10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 10/05/18 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19
Distillate fuel oil 4.237 3.938 3.880 3.923 4.629 4.036 3.960 3.897

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld