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This Week in Petroleum

Release date: October 17, 2018  |  Next release date: October 24, 2018

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Analysis
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
  10/16/17 10/15/18 10/08/18 10/01/18 09/24/18 09/17/18 09/10/18 09/03/18
Average 2.658 3.364 3.352 3.288 NA NA NA NA
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.662 3.366 3.355 3.290 NA NA NA NA
New England (PADD 1A) 2.570 3.289 3.276 3.207 NA NA NA NA
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.751 3.442 3.432 3.371 NA NA NA NA
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.520 3.006 2.984 2.929 NA NA NA NA
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.460 2.971 2.970 2.896 NA NA NA NA

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
  10/16/17 10/15/18 10/08/18 10/01/18 09/24/18 09/17/18 09/10/18 09/03/18
U.S. 2.787 3.394 3.385 3.313 3.271 3.268 3.258 3.252
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.797 3.382 3.360 3.292 3.254 3.252 3.246 3.235
New England (PADD 1A) 2.747 3.361 3.344 3.305 3.270 3.267 3.255 3.270
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.926 3.544 3.531 3.447 3.416 3.415 3.407 3.399
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.714 3.272 3.243 3.180 3.136 3.135 3.131 3.114
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.757 3.351 3.351 3.278 3.218 3.208 3.194 3.191
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.612 3.172 3.169 3.079 3.052 3.056 3.039 3.035
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.886 3.400 3.390 3.367 3.355 3.363 3.367 3.364
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.089 3.880 3.866 3.802 3.759 3.755 3.746 3.742
California 3.159 4.109 4.111 4.038 3.986 3.979 3.969 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
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 09/21/18 09/14/18 09/07/18 08/31/18
Contract 1 1.797 2.321 2.392 2.352 2.226 2.209 2.218 2.241
Contract 2 1.796 2.323 2.396 2.349 2.231 2.213 2.220 2.243
Contract 3 1.794 2.325 2.399 2.353 2.236 2.217 2.222 2.246
Contract 4 1.789 2.322 2.396 2.356 2.239 2.221 2.223 2.248

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
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 09/21/18 09/14/18 09/07/18 08/31/18
U.S. 134.5 132.6 133.5 136.1 137.9 140.1 139.3 133.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 46.1 42.4 43.3 43.1 43.6 43.0 44.1 41.7
New England (PADD 1A) 8.7 7.5 7.6 7.4 6.7 6.4 6.1 6.3
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 26.0 22.8 23.1 23.6 24.9 25.2 25.6 24.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 11.4 12.1 12.6 12.1 12.0 11.4 12.5 11.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 28.4 31.2 32.6 35.4 37.2 37.6 36.3 34.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 44.5 42.9 40.9 41.2 40.8 42.7 42.2 41.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.4 3.5 3.5 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.6 3.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 12.0 12.7 13.1 12.8 12.5 13.0 13.0 12.5
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 09/21/18 09/14/18 09/07/18 08/31/18
U.S. 115.9 117.3 119.5 123.1 124.5 126.4 125.8 120.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 36.1 37.3 38.6 38.2 38.8 37.9 38.9 36.5
New England (PADD 1A) 3.9 6.3 6.4 6.3 5.4 4.9 4.3 4.7
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 22.1 20.1 20.6 20.8 22.2 22.6 23.0 21.3
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 10.1 10.9 11.5 11.1 11.2 10.4 11.6 10.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 27.3 30.0 31.7 34.2 36.3 36.8 35.5 33.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 38.4 35.1 34.0 35.4 34.4 36.0 35.9 35.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.5 3.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 11.0 11.6 12.0 11.7 11.4 12.2 12.0 11.6
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 09/21/18 09/14/18 09/07/18 08/31/18
U.S. 6.9 4.6 4.3 4.0 4.3 4.7 5.0 4.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.5 1.7 1.8 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7 2.4
New England (PADD 1A) 3.2 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.2
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.9 1.0 1.1 1.1 0.9
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.4 2.1 1.8 1.1 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.5
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 0.2 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
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 09/21/18 09/14/18 09/07/18 08/31/18
U.S. 11.6 10.7 9.7 9.1 9.1 9.0 8.5 8.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.5 3.3 2.9 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.5 2.9
New England (PADD 1A) 1.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.1 2.2 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.9
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.8 5.7 5.2 4.6 5.1 5.2 4.8 4.1
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 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 09/21/18 09/14/18 09/07/18 08/31/18
U.S. 36.2 32.0 31.5 34.9 34.4 34.7 34.6 31.8
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
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18
U.S. 4.829 4.967 5.127 5.254 4.784 4.815 5.028 5.029
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.342 0.306 0.313 0.315 0.338 0.313 0.335 0.297
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.056 0.943 1.030 1.088 1.030 0.828 0.946 1.001
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.658 2.925 2.976 3.039 2.670 2.914 2.938 2.883
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.214 0.217 0.216 0.217 0.207 0.215 0.221 0.231
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.559 0.575 0.593 0.595 0.539 0.545 0.589 0.618
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18
U.S. 4.516 4.637 4.797 4.940 4.521 4.495 4.648 4.746
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.297 0.281 0.288 0.299 0.283 0.283 0.286 0.286
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.055 0.941 1.031 1.092 1.026 0.816 0.954 0.996
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.408 2.664 2.709 2.770 2.468 2.665 2.653 2.640
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.212 0.216 0.213 0.212 0.207 0.213 0.221 0.228
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.544 0.534 0.556 0.566 0.537 0.518 0.533 0.596
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
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18
U.S. 0.098 0.133 0.124 0.107 0.037 0.127 0.150 0.126
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.003 0.006 0.007 0.005 0.002 0.009 0.015 0.002
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.002 0.001 0.001 0.000 0.010 0.003 0.000 0.002
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.087 0.112 0.104 0.089 0.016 0.104 0.125 0.119
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.003 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.003 0.001 -0.002 0.004
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.003 0.013 0.011 0.010 0.005 0.010 0.012 0.000
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18
U.S. 0.215 0.197 0.206 0.207 0.226 0.193 0.230 0.157
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.042 0.020 0.018 0.010 0.053 0.020 0.034 0.009
Midwest (PADD 2) -0.001 0.001 -0.003 -0.004 -0.007 0.010 -0.008 0.002
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.164 0.148 0.163 0.180 0.186 0.145 0.159 0.124
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.000 0.002 0.002 -0.002 0.002 0.001 -0.001
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.011 0.028 0.027 0.019 -0.004 0.017 0.044 0.022
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18
Total distillate 0.087 0.160 0.154 0.119 0.107 0.165 0.187 0.162
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.070 0.138 0.137 0.104 0.107 0.135 0.179 0.123
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 0.017 0.014 0.016 0.016 0.000 0.001 0.008 0.039
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.007 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.029 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
  10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18 10/13/17 10/12/18 10/05/18 09/28/18
Distillate fuel oil 3.720 4.148 4.237 3.902 3.477 3.793 4.629 3.877

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld