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Release Date: September 11, 2024 Next Release Date: September 18, 2024
Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
Note: Weekly heating oil and propane prices are only collected during the heating season, which extends from October through March and will return on October 9, 2024. From April through September, heating oil and propane prices are collected once a month (the second Monday of the month) and published the following week at Heating Oil and Propane Update.

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon)

On-highway diesel fuel prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/11/23 09/09/24 09/02/24 08/26/24 08/19/24 08/12/24 08/05/24 07/29/24
U.S. 4.540 3.555 3.625 3.651 3.688 3.704 3.755 3.768
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.479 3.619 3.686 3.725 3.757 3.778 3.830 3.844
New England (PADD 1A) 4.478 3.871 3.919 3.969 4.019 4.058 4.073 4.089
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 4.651 3.847 3.908 3.920 3.935 3.961 3.991 4.028
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 4.417 3.508 3.580 3.628 3.664 3.681 3.742 3.751
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.427 3.528 3.613 3.627 3.674 3.681 3.729 3.727
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.212 3.190 3.265 3.317 3.355 3.371 3.436 3.468
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.810 3.567 3.590 3.608 3.650 3.697 3.702 3.718
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.535 4.257 4.293 4.272 4.294 4.309 4.356 4.370
California 5.970 4.739 4.749 4.707 4.739 4.763 4.821 4.831
Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24 07/26/24
Contract 1 3.299 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Contract 2 3.215 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Contract 3 3.089 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Contract 4 3.019 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
Note: Futures Prices after April 5, 2024, are not available.
Total distillate stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24 07/26/24
U.S. 122.5 125.0 122.7 123.1 122.8 126.1 127.8 126.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 29.4 37.2 35.4 34.6 34.4 35.3 34.8 35.3
New England (PADD 1A) 3.7 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.2
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 15.6 19.5 18.5 18.6 18.4 17.9 18.9 17.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.0 12.5 12.1 11.5 12.1 13.3 12.0 13.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 34.0 32.3 31.0 31.1 31.1 30.0 31.4 31.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 44.5 41.5 42.7 43.9 43.1 46.3 46.1 44.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.9 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 10.7 10.4 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.7 11.7 11.1
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24 07/26/24
U.S. 112.4 115.6 112.6 114.0 112.4 116.0 117.5 116.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 27.8 35.4 33.7 33.0 33.1 33.9 33.3 33.8
New England (PADD 1A) 3.7 5.3 4.8 4.4 3.9 4.1 3.9 4.2
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 14.8 18.6 17.5 17.8 17.7 17.2 18.2 17.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 9.3 11.6 11.3 10.8 11.5 12.6 11.2 12.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 33.3 31.6 30.3 30.3 30.4 29.3 30.7 31.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 37.6 35.9 36.2 38.1 35.9 39.5 39.2 38.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.7 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 10.0 9.4 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.6 10.7 10.1
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24 07/26/24
U.S. 2.3 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6
New England (PADD 1A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.2 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24 07/26/24
U.S. 7.9 6.9 7.6 6.6 7.8 7.6 7.8 7.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.0 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8
New England (PADD 1A) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.9 4.6 5.5 4.7 5.9 5.5 5.7 5.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 08/16/24 08/09/24 08/02/24 07/26/24
U.S. 32.7 33.4 32.8 34.2 34.3 34.5 34.9 34.7
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. total distillate stocks / Four-week average U.S. distillate fuel oil demand
Total distillate production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
U.S. 5.029 5.068 4.958 4.925 5.011 5.209 5.169 5.002
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.214 0.200 0.195 0.194 0.228 0.204 0.221 0.179
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.244 1.213 1.173 1.138 1.228 1.212 1.226 1.249
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.899 3.034 2.976 2.966 2.860 3.134 3.104 2.970
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.198 0.182 0.175 0.175 0.200 0.195 0.188 0.171
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.474 0.439 0.440 0.451 0.494 0.464 0.430 0.432
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
U.S. 4.839 4.915 4.794 4.792 4.800 5.107 4.928 4.851
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.226 0.191 0.190 0.191 0.235 0.201 0.199 0.168
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.242 1.218 1.170 1.136 1.230 1.223 1.236 1.253
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.719 2.901 2.837 2.850 2.651 3.045 2.906 2.826
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.198 0.181 0.174 0.176 0.203 0.194 0.182 0.172
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.453 0.425 0.424 0.439 0.481 0.443 0.405 0.432
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
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
U.S. 0.116 0.080 0.084 0.069 0.125 0.073 0.123 0.065
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.003 0.001
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.007 -0.001 0.002 0.003 0.001 -0.010 -0.007 0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.096 0.067 0.067 0.057 0.108 0.064 0.101 0.062
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.000 -0.001 0.000 -0.001 0.000 -0.001 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.008 0.015 0.019 0.027 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
U.S. 0.074 0.073 0.080 0.063 0.085 0.029 0.118 0.085
East Coast (PADD 1) -0.014 0.008 0.004 0.001 -0.008 0.003 0.019 0.011
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.005 -0.003 0.001 -0.001 -0.003 -0.001 -0.003 -0.006
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.084 0.067 0.072 0.059 0.100 0.025 0.097 0.082
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.001 0.002 -0.001 -0.001 0.001 0.007 -0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.008 0.001 0.002 0.005 -0.002 0.002 -0.002 0.000
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
Total distillate 0.141 0.167 0.137 0.120 0.185 0.201 0.182 0.220
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.141 0.163 0.135 0.119 0.185 0.194 0.179 0.216
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.001 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.004
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.003 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.007 0.003 0.000
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Distillate exports (million barrels per day) more export data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
U.S. exports 1.183 1.536 1.540 1.575 1.056 1.523 1.407 1.361

Distillate demand (million barrels per day)

Distillate demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24 09/08/23 09/06/24 08/30/24 08/23/24
Distillate fuel oil 3.746 3.738 3.736 3.604 3.578 3.558 3.997 3.822

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld