Petroleum & Other Liquids

Glossary › FAQS ›

This Week in Petroleum

Release date: September 20, 2017  |  Next release date: September 27, 2017

Download data  |  Past Weeks in Petroleum  |  Release schedule  |  Print

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 2017.

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
  09/19/16 09/18/17 09/11/17 09/04/17 08/28/17 08/21/17 08/14/17 08/07/17
U.S. 2.389 2.786 2.802 2.758 2.605 2.596 2.598 2.581
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.391 2.814 2.829 2.785 2.623 2.617 2.624 2.613
New England (PADD 1A) 2.405 2.765 2.761 2.723 2.618 2.616 2.625 2.618
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.485 2.919 2.922 2.886 2.758 2.756 2.761 2.751
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.316 2.749 2.776 2.725 2.528 2.519 2.527 2.514
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.366 2.743 2.753 2.707 2.566 2.567 2.570 2.543
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.242 2.615 2.647 2.615 2.428 2.408 2.410 2.410
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.482 2.813 2.827 2.798 2.717 2.714 2.700 2.673
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.652 3.103 3.102 3.044 2.910 2.883 2.877 2.848
California 2.754 3.179 3.179 3.135 2.995 2.961 2.949 2.930

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
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 08/25/17 08/18/17 08/11/17 08/04/17
Contract 1 1.405 1.799 1.766 1.747 1.622 1.620 1.635 1.649
Contract 2 1.416 1.791 1.751 1.730 1.624 1.626 1.638 1.653
Contract 3 1.429 1.782 1.738 1.715 1.627 1.630 1.640 1.656
Contract 4 1.444 1.774 1.727 1.704 1.631 1.633 1.642 1.658

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
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 08/25/17 08/18/17 08/11/17 08/04/17
U.S. 165.0 138.9 144.6 147.8 149.2 148.4 148.4 147.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 66.3 48.0 49.2 51.7 53.7 54.2 53.3 55.1
New England (PADD 1A) 12.3 8.9 9.1 8.9 8.5 8.6 8.4 8.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 39.8 27.4 28.6 31.2 32.7 33.3 33.0 32.8
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 14.2 11.6 11.5 11.6 12.5 12.4 12.0 13.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 33.9 31.5 32.5 31.8 31.8 31.1 31.7 32.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 45.4 43.8 47.3 49.1 48.3 48.1 48.1 45.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.6 3.6 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.5 3.4 3.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 15.8 12.0 11.7 11.2 11.6 11.5 11.8 11.8
15 ppm sulfur and under stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 08/25/17 08/18/17 08/11/17 08/04/17
U.S. 143.1 121.5 125.9 129.4 131.2 130.8 131.4 131.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 53.5 39.0 39.9 42.6 44.7 45.4 44.8 46.5
New England (PADD 1A) 5.9 4.6 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.4 4.3 4.5
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 34.7 24.4 25.3 27.6 29.1 29.8 29.6 29.4
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 12.9 10.1 9.8 10.3 11.1 11.2 10.9 12.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 32.5 30.6 31.7 30.9 30.9 30.2 30.8 31.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 39.4 37.6 40.1 41.9 41.6 41.5 41.9 39.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.7 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 14.4 10.8 10.6 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.6
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 08/25/17 08/18/17 08/11/17 08/04/17
U.S. 10.0 7.1 7.8 7.5 7.6 7.3 7.2 7.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.1 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.5 4.6 4.6
New England (PADD 1A) 4.4 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.3 3.3
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.4 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.0
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.4 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.9 1.4 1.8 1.7 2.0 1.8 1.7 1.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 08/25/17 08/18/17 08/11/17 08/04/17
U.S. 12.0 10.3 10.9 10.8 10.4 10.2 9.8 9.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.8 4.1 4.1 4.1 4.3 4.3 3.9 4.0
New England (PADD 1A) 2.0 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.8 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.6 2.5 2.4
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.2 4.8 5.4 5.5 4.7 4.7 4.5 3.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.0
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 08/25/17 08/18/17 08/11/17 08/04/17
U.S. 46.4 34.1 35.9 36.3 35.7 35.0 34.4 34.0
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
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17
U.S. 4.979 4.516 4.653 4.981 4.978 4.543 3.973 4.492
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.338 0.318 0.340 0.356 0.326 0.316 0.294 0.341
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.110 1.142 1.135 1.126 1.115 1.089 1.133 1.208
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.714 2.271 2.390 2.712 2.736 2.382 1.766 2.125
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.209 0.220 0.221 0.220 0.212 0.216 0.215 0.221
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.608 0.564 0.567 0.568 0.589 0.540 0.565 0.597
15 ppm sulfur and under production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17
U.S. 4.720 4.221 4.332 4.657 4.749 4.275 3.725 4.195
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.312 0.294 0.303 0.324 0.302 0.314 0.267 0.319
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.101 1.143 1.134 1.129 1.115 1.100 1.138 1.205
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.504 2.028 2.138 2.440 2.513 2.130 1.578 1.882
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.209 0.219 0.219 0.219 0.210 0.217 0.219 0.213
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.594 0.536 0.537 0.544 0.609 0.514 0.523 0.575
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
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17
U.S. 0.105 0.124 0.131 0.132 0.086 0.128 0.103 0.131
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.012 0.007 0.017 0.015 0.011 0.004 0.007 0.018
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.002 0.000 0.001 -0.003 -0.002 -0.004 0.005 -0.002
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.090 0.104 0.100 0.105 0.092 0.118 0.084 0.098
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.001 0.001 0.002 0.001 0.003 -0.002 -0.002 0.004
West Coast (PADD 5) -0.001 0.011 0.012 0.014 -0.017 0.012 0.009 0.013
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17
U.S. 0.153 0.171 0.190 0.191 0.143 0.140 0.144 0.166
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.014 0.016 0.020 0.016 0.013 -0.002 0.020 0.004
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.006 -0.001 0.000 -0.001 0.002 -0.007 -0.010 0.004
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.119 0.138 0.152 0.166 0.132 0.134 0.104 0.145
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) -0.001 0.000 0.000 0.000 -0.001 0.000 -0.002 0.004
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.015 0.017 0.018 0.010 -0.003 0.014 0.033 0.009
Distillate imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17
Total distillate 0.113 0.104 0.116 0.123 0.076 0.085 0.136 0.110
15 ppm sulfur and under 0.076 0.077 0.070 0.056 0.064 0.062 0.118 0.043
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 0.037 0.027 0.045 0.067 0.012 0.023 0.018 0.068
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
  09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17 09/16/16 09/15/17 09/08/17 09/01/17
Distillate fuel oil 3.558 4.074 4.027 4.068 3.431 4.264 4.057 4.063

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld