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Release date: September 23, 2020  |  Next release date: September 30, 2020

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Crude Oil
Gasoline
Distillate
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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
  09/23/19 09/21/20 09/14/20 09/07/20 08/31/20 08/24/20 08/17/20 08/10/20
U.S. 3.081 2.404 2.422 2.435 2.441 2.426 2.427 2.428
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.083 2.486 2.499 2.511 2.519 2.506 2.508 2.514
New England (PADD 1A) 3.070 2.601 2.605 2.612 2.622 2.620 2.627 2.633
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.252 2.662 2.676 2.689 2.694 2.683 2.684 2.692
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.971 2.343 2.357 2.370 2.379 2.363 2.365 2.370
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.992 2.282 2.308 2.321 2.329 2.308 2.308 2.305
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.858 2.157 2.172 2.184 2.188 2.174 2.177 2.183
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.034 2.348 2.368 2.378 2.385 2.369 2.365 2.369
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.650 2.941 2.955 2.964 2.972 2.960 2.958 2.955
California 3.976 3.257 3.267 3.276 3.276 3.265 3.264 3.256

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
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 08/28/20 08/21/20 08/14/20 08/07/20
Contract 1 1.986 1.159 1.090 1.152 1.216 1.208 1.237 1.220
Contract 2 1.982 1.170 1.107 1.169 1.240 1.228 1.259 1.243
Contract 3 1.976 1.188 1.125 1.190 1.262 1.249 1.283 1.264
Contract 4 1.967 1.207 1.144 1.212 1.284 1.271 1.304 1.284

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
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 08/28/20 08/21/20 08/14/20 08/07/20
U.S. 133.7 175.9 179.3 175.8 177.5 179.2 177.8 177.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 41.7 63.8 65.4 64.7 64.8 65.0 65.7 65.9
New England (PADD 1A) 7.5 12.5 12.7 12.7 12.3 12.3 12.3 12.6
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 23.9 37.2 38.2 38.4 38.4 38.1 39.0 37.9
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.4 14.1 14.5 13.6 14.0 14.5 14.5 15.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 31.9 33.4 34.6 34.9 34.2 34.4 34.6 34.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 42.7 61.5 61.5 59.7 62.0 62.4 60.9 60.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.1 4.2 4.3 3.9 4.0 4.0 4.1 3.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 13.2 13.1 13.5 12.6 12.6 13.4 12.5 12.7
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 08/28/20 08/21/20 08/14/20 08/07/20
U.S. 118.4 162.5 166.5 163.7 164.2 166.3 164.5 163.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 36.6 59.1 60.6 60.2 60.3 60.6 61.3 61.3
New England (PADD 1A) 6.7 12.0 12.2 12.3 11.8 11.8 11.8 12.1
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 20.5 34.4 35.3 35.5 35.6 35.4 36.1 35.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 9.3 12.7 13.1 12.4 12.8 13.4 13.4 14.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 31.0 32.6 33.9 34.0 33.3 33.5 33.7 34.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 34.8 54.8 55.3 54.1 55.3 56.1 54.3 53.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.9 3.9 4.1 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.9 3.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.1 12.1 12.5 11.6 11.5 12.4 11.3 11.5
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 08/28/20 08/21/20 08/14/20 08/07/20
U.S. 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.2 4.9 5.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.3 1.5 1.7 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8
New England (PADD 1A) 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.4 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.2 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.2 2.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 08/28/20 08/21/20 08/14/20 08/07/20
U.S. 11.0 9.5 9.0 8.5 9.0 8.7 8.4 8.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.9 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.8
New England (PADD 1A) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.0 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.8
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.7 5.0 4.7 4.1 4.9 4.6 4.4 4.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 08/28/20 08/21/20 08/14/20 08/07/20
U.S. 34.1 48.9 49.8 47.4 47.4 48.5 49.2 49.3
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
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 5.151 4.512 4.675 4.760 5.000 4.470 4.403 4.398
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.243 0.205 0.217 0.209 0.251 0.174 0.213 0.215
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.172 1.079 1.121 1.115 1.061 0.963 1.069 1.150
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.902 2.482 2.597 2.699 2.886 2.600 2.375 2.271
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.216 0.201 0.197 0.197 0.196 0.205 0.193 0.206
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.618 0.545 0.544 0.539 0.606 0.528 0.553 0.556
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 4.865 4.380 4.530 4.589 4.746 4.319 4.288 4.329
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.243 0.206 0.217 0.209 0.258 0.175 0.213 0.216
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.172 1.086 1.129 1.114 1.068 0.962 1.083 1.157
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.634 2.356 2.450 2.543 2.630 2.486 2.245 2.208
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.214 0.197 0.194 0.194 0.197 0.198 0.194 0.196
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.602 0.535 0.540 0.529 0.593 0.499 0.554 0.553
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
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 0.127 0.104 0.112 0.119 0.122 0.081 0.131 0.095
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.000 0.002 0.001
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.002 0.005 -0.001 0.002 0.001 0.008 0.002 0.002
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.115 0.092 0.108 0.107 0.111 0.055 0.128 0.088
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.003 0.002 0.002 0.000 0.006 0.003 0.002
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.007 0.003 0.001 0.008 0.007 0.011 -0.004 0.001
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 0.158 0.028 0.033 0.052 0.132 0.070 -0.017 -0.027
East Coast (PADD 1) -0.003 -0.002 -0.002 -0.002 -0.008 -0.002 -0.002 -0.002
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.003 -0.012 -0.007 0.000 -0.009 -0.007 -0.016 -0.009
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.153 0.034 0.039 0.049 0.144 0.060 0.002 -0.024
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.001 -0.002 0.002 -0.003 0.008
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.010 0.007 0.003 0.003 0.006 0.018 0.003 0.002
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
Total distillate 0.102 0.144 0.142 0.126 0.094 0.136 0.112 0.160
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.096 0.144 0.142 0.126 0.088 0.136 0.112 0.160
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 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.002 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
  09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20 09/20/19 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
Distillate fuel oil 3.923 3.600 3.600 3.711 3.897 3.959 2.809 3.713

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld