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Release date: January 22, 2021  |  Next release date: January 27, 2021

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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
  01/20/20 01/18/21 01/11/21 01/04/21 12/28/20 12/21/20 12/14/20 12/07/20
Average 3.075 2.564 2.504 2.458 2.439 2.423 2.339 2.294
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.096 2.575 2.513 2.465 2.445 2.430 2.346 2.303
New England (PADD 1A) 2.989 2.520 2.463 2.402 2.382 2.356 2.277 2.226
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.211 2.638 2.572 2.537 2.514 2.513 2.417 2.383
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.820 2.411 2.364 2.333 2.318 2.306 2.257 2.230
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.631 2.396 2.353 2.342 2.335 2.295 2.227 2.131

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
  01/20/20 01/18/21 01/11/21 01/04/21 12/28/20 12/21/20 12/14/20 12/07/20
U.S. 3.037 2.696 2.670 2.640 2.635 2.619 2.559 2.526
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.075 2.747 2.719 2.667 2.659 2.652 2.603 2.573
New England (PADD 1A) 3.132 2.764 2.700 2.665 2.652 2.634 2.607 2.587
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.248 2.924 2.891 2.857 2.850 2.835 2.802 2.779
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.948 2.627 2.608 2.540 2.534 2.533 2.471 2.433
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.937 2.632 2.606 2.592 2.585 2.559 2.478 2.435
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.797 2.461 2.429 2.398 2.393 2.379 2.307 2.276
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.010 2.603 2.590 2.586 2.588 2.582 2.556 2.541
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.574 3.155 3.139 3.116 3.113 3.097 3.073 3.044
California 3.866 3.448 3.427 3.404 3.399 3.370 3.342 3.311

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
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 12/25/20 12/18/20 12/11/20 12/04/20
Contract 1 1.859 1.593 1.580 NA NA 1.513 1.437 1.403
Contract 2 1.864 1.594 1.580 NA NA 1.513 1.442 1.410
Contract 3 1.862 1.591 1.578 NA NA 1.513 1.444 1.416
Contract 4 1.860 1.589 1.578 NA NA 1.512 1.445 1.418
Note: Markets were closed on 1/1/2021 and 12/25/2020.

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
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 12/25/20 12/18/20 12/11/20 12/04/20
U.S. 146.0 163.7 163.2 158.4 152.0 148.9 151.3 151.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 46.9 60.4 62.4 61.1 61.1 59.3 60.9 60.4
New England (PADD 1A) 8.1 11.9 12.1 12.1 11.9 12.1 12.0 12.9
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 25.2 34.3 34.4 33.6 34.1 34.0 34.3 34.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 13.6 14.2 15.9 15.4 15.2 13.2 14.6 13.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 33.9 30.2 29.0 27.3 24.9 23.6 24.1 24.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 46.9 53.8 52.2 51.1 48.7 49.6 49.8 49.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.3 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 14.0 14.8 15.4 14.9 13.5 12.9 12.7 12.2
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 12/25/20 12/18/20 12/11/20 12/04/20
U.S. 130.2 152.0 152.3 147.2 141.2 138.7 140.9 140.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 41.0 56.2 58.3 56.7 56.9 55.1 56.6 56.3
New England (PADD 1A) 7.3 11.6 11.8 11.7 11.5 11.7 11.6 12.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 21.1 31.7 31.8 30.8 31.5 31.3 31.6 31.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 12.7 13.0 14.8 14.2 13.9 12.1 13.4 12.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 33.0 29.6 28.3 26.6 24.2 23.0 23.6 24.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 39.2 48.1 47.3 46.3 43.9 45.2 45.4 44.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.1 4.3 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.4 3.6 3.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 13.0 13.8 14.4 13.8 12.6 12.0 11.8 11.4
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 12/25/20 12/18/20 12/11/20 12/04/20
U.S. 4.9 3.7 3.3 3.3 3.0 2.9 3.0 2.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1
New England (PADD 1A) 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.3 1.8 1.3 1.2 0.9 1.1 1.1 1.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 12/25/20 12/18/20 12/11/20 12/04/20
U.S. 10.9 8.0 7.6 8.0 7.9 7.3 7.3 8.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.1 2.8 2.7 3.1 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0
New England (PADD 1A) 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.2 1.8 1.8 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.5 3.9 3.6 3.6 3.8 3.3 3.3 4.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 12/25/20 12/18/20 12/11/20 12/04/20
U.S. 41.7 46.9 45.6 43.1 40.1 38.8 39.4 38.8
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
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21
U.S. 5.195 4.653 4.669 4.654 4.954 4.529 4.661 4.785
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.250 0.197 0.198 0.203 0.246 0.194 0.191 0.213
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.152 1.128 1.095 1.081 1.101 1.153 1.141 1.145
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.040 2.613 2.646 2.645 2.896 2.520 2.617 2.678
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.211 0.197 0.193 0.190 0.197 0.199 0.190 0.187
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.541 0.518 0.536 0.535 0.514 0.462 0.522 0.562
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21
U.S. 4.907 4.474 4.502 4.486 4.659 4.342 4.479 4.593
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.243 0.196 0.199 0.201 0.243 0.198 0.192 0.201
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.146 1.128 1.092 1.077 1.093 1.172 1.137 1.143
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.795 2.459 2.507 2.509 2.645 2.326 2.460 2.532
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.210 0.195 0.190 0.187 0.194 0.202 0.187 0.185
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.512 0.496 0.514 0.511 0.483 0.443 0.502 0.532
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
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21
U.S. 0.120 0.062 0.043 0.047 0.117 0.097 0.064 0.033
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.005 0.001 -0.001 0.002 -0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.004
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.006 0.004 0.004 0.005 0.008 -0.008 0.011 -0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.099 0.051 0.033 0.032 0.105 0.100 0.044 0.034
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 0.001 0.003 0.003 0.002 -0.002 0.002 0.002
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.009 0.004 0.004 0.006 0.003 0.005 0.008 -0.004
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21
U.S. 0.168 0.118 0.124 0.121 0.178 0.090 0.118 0.159
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.002 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003 -0.005 -0.001 0.007
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.000 -0.004 -0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.011 -0.007 0.004
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.146 0.103 0.107 0.104 0.146 0.094 0.113 0.113
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.001 -0.001 0.001 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.020 0.018 0.018 0.018 0.027 0.013 0.012 0.034
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21
Total distillate 0.239 0.432 0.428 0.464 0.320 0.460 0.346 0.302
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.238 0.421 0.417 0.453 0.319 0.460 0.346 0.257
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 0.001 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.044
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
  01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21 01/17/20 01/15/21 01/08/21 01/01/21
Distillate fuel oil 3.501 3.492 3.580 3.678 4.389 3.821 3.609 2.941

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld