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Release date: April 17, 2019  |  Next release date: April 24, 2019

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Analysis
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 2019.

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
  04/16/18 04/15/19 04/08/19 04/01/19 03/25/19 03/18/19 03/11/19 03/04/19
U.S. 3.104 3.118 3.093 3.078 3.080 3.070 3.079 3.076
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.116 3.153 3.137 3.127 3.132 3.124 3.123 3.119
New England (PADD 1A) 3.149 3.205 3.193 3.196 3.214 3.200 3.183 3.177
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.275 3.342 3.324 3.309 3.310 3.313 3.315 3.301
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.998 3.015 2.998 2.991 2.995 2.981 2.981 2.985
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.016 3.010 2.993 2.984 2.993 2.992 3.011 3.014
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.910 2.899 2.879 2.872 2.876 2.869 2.881 2.870
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.137 3.082 3.028 3.007 2.974 2.944 2.939 2.939
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.583 3.651 3.591 3.541 3.526 3.497 3.505 3.503
California 3.787 3.967 3.910 3.849 3.819 3.781 3.778 3.779

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
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19 03/01/19
Contract 1 2.100 2.071 2.042 1.973 1.966 1.968 2.000 2.001
Contract 2 2.091 2.073 2.045 1.971 1.967 1.971 1.994 1.995
Contract 3 2.084 2.079 2.050 1.975 1.971 1.975 1.991 1.991
Contract 4 2.081 2.086 2.056 1.980 1.977 1.983 1.994 1.994

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
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19 03/01/19
U.S. 125.3 127.7 128.1 128.2 130.2 132.2 136.4 136.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 37.7 37.2 38.2 39.6 39.4 39.7 42.7 42.4
New England (PADD 1A) 5.6 6.0 6.3 6.2 6.6 6.0 7.1 7.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 20.6 20.3 20.3 20.7 21.9 22.4 23.0 23.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.5 11.0 11.6 12.7 11.0 11.4 12.7 12.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 31.6 34.4 34.2 33.4 33.5 32.9 33.1 32.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.8 39.2 38.5 38.3 40.0 41.6 42.5 43.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.8 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.6 3.8 3.9 4.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 13.5 13.3 13.5 13.1 13.6 14.2 14.1 13.4
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19 03/01/19
U.S. 110.0 112.2 113.4 113.9 115.8 118.3 121.4 120.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 30.7 31.0 31.7 33.5 33.2 33.5 36.2 35.7
New England (PADD 1A) 3.1 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.6 5.1 5.7 5.9
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 17.5 16.1 16.3 17.1 17.7 18.2 19.1 19.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.1 9.8 10.1 11.3 9.9 10.2 11.5 10.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 30.8 33.1 33.0 32.2 32.6 32.1 32.2 31.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 32.6 32.5 32.8 32.5 33.9 36.0 36.1 36.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.6 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.3 3.6 3.7 3.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.2 12.4 12.6 12.2 12.7 13.2 13.2 12.6
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19 03/01/19
U.S. 4.7 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.6 4.1 4.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 2.0 2.0
New England (PADD 1A) 1.8 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.7
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19 03/01/19
U.S. 10.7 11.8 11.0 10.4 10.5 10.3 10.9 11.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.4 4.6 4.8 4.3 4.6 4.7 4.5 4.7
New England (PADD 1A) 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.4 3.4 3.1 2.9 3.4 3.5 3.1 3.2
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.9 5.6 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.3 5.1 5.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19 03/01/19
U.S. 29.9 32.9 30.4 30.1 30.6 31.3 33.3 33.6
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
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19
U.S. 5.052 4.914 4.939 4.894 5.094 4.823 5.038 4.870
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.341 0.307 0.296 0.289 0.351 0.327 0.289 0.307
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.112 1.043 1.030 1.037 1.125 1.071 1.024 1.033
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.862 2.804 2.829 2.763 2.889 2.716 2.960 2.758
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.198 0.194 0.200 0.199 0.184 0.175 0.201 0.208
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.539 0.567 0.584 0.606 0.545 0.534 0.565 0.564
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19
U.S. 4.724 4.542 4.561 4.546 4.790 4.476 4.638 4.486
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.304 0.277 0.262 0.257 0.334 0.303 0.267 0.269
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.116 1.030 1.020 1.031 1.128 1.062 1.004 1.014
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.600 2.498 2.519 2.480 2.631 2.427 2.623 2.443
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.198 0.192 0.197 0.198 0.184 0.177 0.197 0.207
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.505 0.545 0.562 0.580 0.514 0.506 0.547 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
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19
U.S. 0.061 0.122 0.141 0.129 0.075 0.078 0.154 0.122
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.009 0.008 0.009 0.008 0.011 0.010 0.010 0.006
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.002 0.006 0.007 0.007 -0.005 -0.002 0.005 0.016
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.038 0.097 0.112 0.103 0.053 0.061 0.128 0.101
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.002 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.003 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.011 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.014 0.010 0.007 -0.002
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19
U.S. 0.267 0.250 0.238 0.219 0.229 0.269 0.246 0.262
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.028 0.022 0.024 0.024 0.006 0.014 0.012 0.033
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.006 0.007 0.003 -0.001 0.002 0.010 0.014 0.003
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.224 0.209 0.198 0.180 0.205 0.229 0.208 0.213
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.000 0.001 0.000 -0.001 -0.002 0.000 0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.023 0.012 0.012 0.016 0.017 0.019 0.011 0.012
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19
Total distillate 0.119 0.144 0.135 0.170 0.103 0.138 0.098 0.144
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.094 0.139 0.123 0.159 0.082 0.135 0.095 0.136
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.002 0.001 0.000 0.000 0.003 0.002 0.001
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.025 0.003 0.011 0.011 0.022 0.001 0.002 0.007
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
  04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 04/13/18 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19
Distillate fuel oil 4.197 3.876 4.214 4.258 4.356 3.353 3.779 4.156

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld