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Release date: August 8, 2018  |  Next release date: August 15, 2018

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Crude Oil
Gasoline
Distillate
Propane
Residential heating oil prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
Note: The heating season is over. Data for residential and wholesale prices for heating oil and propane will return in October 2018.

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
  08/07/17 08/06/18 07/30/18 07/23/18 07/16/18 07/09/18 07/02/18 06/25/18
U.S. 2.581 3.223 3.226 3.220 3.239 3.243 3.236 3.216
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.613 3.222 3.223 3.217 3.236 3.238 3.226 3.215
New England (PADD 1A) 2.618 3.271 3.274 3.269 3.283 3.279 3.282 3.281
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.751 3.393 3.390 3.389 3.405 3.405 3.390 3.380
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.514 3.093 3.096 3.087 3.108 3.112 3.102 3.086
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.543 3.151 3.156 3.142 3.171 3.176 3.171 3.143
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.410 2.995 2.997 2.993 3.004 3.004 3.002 2.978
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.673 3.361 3.361 3.369 3.370 3.370 3.358 3.321
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.848 3.717 3.720 3.718 3.741 3.749 3.746 3.735
California 2.930 3.943 3.945 3.943 3.968 3.970 3.960 3.959

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
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 07/13/18 07/06/18 06/29/18 06/22/18
Contract 1 1.649 2.127 2.155 2.104 2.133 2.168 2.209 2.125
Contract 2 1.653 2.132 2.159 2.109 2.139 2.175 2.210 2.129
Contract 3 1.656 2.136 2.166 2.115 2.146 2.181 2.216 2.134
Contract 4 1.658 2.140 2.172 2.121 2.152 2.186 2.223 2.140

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
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 07/13/18 07/06/18 06/29/18 06/22/18
U.S. 147.7 125.4 124.2 121.2 121.3 121.7 117.6 117.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 55.1 39.7 37.3 36.0 36.0 33.8 33.8 31.7
New England (PADD 1A) 8.5 5.9 5.3 5.1 5.5 5.3 4.9 4.7
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 32.8 21.0 20.4 19.2 18.5 17.4 15.6 15.6
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 13.8 12.8 11.6 11.6 12.1 11.1 13.3 11.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 32.2 32.4 31.9 31.4 31.6 31.8 29.2 30.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 45.0 37.0 38.6 37.2 36.8 39.3 38.0 39.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.1 3.9 3.8 3.7 3.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 11.8 12.4 12.4 12.6 13.0 12.9 12.8 12.7
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 07/13/18 07/06/18 06/29/18 06/22/18
U.S. 131.3 112.6 112.1 109.2 109.2 108.8 104.8 104.9
East Coast (PADD 1) 46.5 34.4 32.1 30.9 31.2 29.2 29.1 27.4
New England (PADD 1A) 4.5 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.6 3.4 3.0 3.3
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 29.4 18.5 17.9 16.9 16.2 15.6 13.7 13.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 12.7 12.0 10.7 10.6 11.4 10.2 12.4 10.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 31.1 31.5 30.9 30.6 30.7 30.9 28.3 29.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 39.9 31.7 33.8 32.4 31.5 33.2 32.1 33.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.3 3.6 3.9 3.9 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 10.6 11.5 11.4 11.5 12.1 11.9 11.8 11.6
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 07/13/18 07/06/18 06/29/18 06/22/18
U.S. 7.1 4.7 4.2 4.1 4.0 4.4 4.3 4.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.6 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.8 1.4
New England (PADD 1A) 3.3 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.9
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.5 1.7 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.7 1.8 2.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 07/13/18 07/06/18 06/29/18 06/22/18
U.S. 9.2 8.1 7.9 8.0 8.2 8.5 8.5 8.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 2.8 2.7 2.9 2.9
New England (PADD 1A) 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.4 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.4 1.5 1.6
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.5 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 07/13/18 07/06/18 06/29/18 06/22/18
U.S. 34.0 31.5 31.6 29.9 30.9 31.7 29.4 30.6
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
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18
U.S. 5.153 5.182 5.233 5.309 5.305 5.237 5.159 5.157
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.326 0.359 0.366 0.365 0.348 0.355 0.374 0.345
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.072 1.141 1.146 1.144 1.118 1.161 1.176 1.117
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.001 2.879 2.893 2.963 3.051 2.957 2.839 2.847
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.195 0.205 0.209 0.211 0.207 0.197 0.202 0.215
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.560 0.598 0.619 0.627 0.581 0.567 0.567 0.634
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18
U.S. 4.787 4.903 4.942 5.008 4.934 4.950 4.848 4.877
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.304 0.341 0.342 0.340 0.318 0.337 0.359 0.330
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.060 1.138 1.145 1.149 1.090 1.162 1.167 1.114
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.704 2.639 2.647 2.704 2.761 2.705 2.573 2.616
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.195 0.205 0.210 0.210 0.209 0.196 0.204 0.213
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.524 0.579 0.598 0.606 0.555 0.550 0.546 0.604
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
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18
U.S. 0.128 0.069 0.076 0.086 0.150 0.108 0.081 0.048
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.004 0.006 0.012 0.014 0.003 0.001 0.002 0.005
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.003 0.004 0.006 0.003 0.012 -0.005 0.008 0.010
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.104 0.058 0.057 0.068 0.117 0.109 0.069 0.026
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.002 0.000 0.001 0.002 -0.002 -0.001 -0.001 0.002
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.016 0.001 -0.001 0.000 0.020 0.005 0.004 0.006
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18
U.S. 0.238 0.210 0.215 0.215 0.221 0.179 0.229 0.232
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.018 0.012 0.012 0.011 0.027 0.017 0.014 0.010
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.009 -0.001 -0.005 -0.008 0.015 0.004 0.001 -0.007
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.193 0.181 0.189 0.191 0.173 0.143 0.197 0.205
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.002 0.000 -0.002 0.000 0.000 0.003 -0.001 -0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.020 0.019 0.021 0.021 0.006 0.012 0.018 0.024
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18
Total distillate 0.101 0.168 0.152 0.136 0.041 0.169 0.157 0.207
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.074 0.154 0.135 0.118 0.041 0.168 0.153 0.161
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 0.027 0.015 0.017 0.017 0.000 0.001 0.004 0.047
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
  08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18 08/04/17 08/03/18 07/27/18 07/20/18
Distillate fuel oil 4.340 3.980 3.931 4.060 4.510 4.002 3.611 4.167

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld