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U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis

This Week in Petroleum

Release Date: April 17, 2024 Next Release Date: April 24, 2024

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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)

Graph U.S.
Graph Regional

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
	04/17/23	04/15/24	04/08/24	04/01/24	03/25/24	03/18/24	03/11/24	03/04/24
U.S.	4.116	4.015	4.061	3.996	4.034	4.028	4.004	4.022
East Coast (PADD 1)	4.198	4.068	4.118	4.083	4.125	4.127	4.120	4.151
New England (PADD 1A)	4.540	4.311	4.305	4.305	4.321	4.300	4.287	4.296
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)	4.486	4.241	4.272	4.271	4.294	4.301	4.309	4.311
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)	4.056	3.979	4.042	3.990	4.042	4.046	4.033	4.077
Midwest (PADD 2)	4.027	3.965	4.011	3.949	3.986	3.955	3.913	3.919
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	3.876	3.710	3.760	3.670	3.717	3.745	3.702	3.731
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	4.104	3.956	4.008	3.949	3.986	3.968	3.992	4.006
West Coast (PADD 5)	4.692	4.702	4.723	4.651	4.666	4.639	4.651	4.653
California	4.963	5.256	5.259	5.221	5.224	5.203	5.207	5.228

Heating oil futures prices (dollars per gallon)

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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
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	03/22/24	03/15/24	03/08/24	03/01/24
Contract 1	2.639	NA	2.773	NA	2.653	2.727	2.641	2.704
Contract 2	2.616	NA	2.763	NA	2.639	2.696	2.590	2.641
Contract 3	2.607	NA	2.753	NA	2.619	2.668	2.553	2.596
Contract 4	2.607	NA	2.747	NA	2.608	2.654	2.538	2.578
Note: Markets were closed on 3/29/2024. Futures Prices after April 5, 2024, are not available.

Distillate stocks (million barrels) and days of supply

Graph Total U.S.
Graph Total Regional
Graph 15 ppm sulfur and under
Graph > 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur
Graph > 500 ppm sulfur
Graph 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
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	03/22/24	03/15/24	03/08/24	03/01/24
U.S.	112.1	115.0	117.7	116.1	117.3	118.5	117.9	117.0
East Coast (PADD 1)	26.9	27.7	30.2	29.2	29.2	29.0	27.5	31.1
New England (PADD 1A)	3.9	3.9	4.2	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)	12.3	14.2	14.5	14.4	13.9	13.8	14.4	16.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)	10.7	9.5	11.6	10.6	10.4	10.6	8.8	10.2
Midwest (PADD 2)	27.8	32.3	31.5	32.1	31.8	31.3	32.3	32.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	40.4	38.9	39.4	38.3	40.1	41.4	41.2	36.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	3.6	4.7	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.6
West Coast (PADD 5)	13.4	11.3	11.9	12.0	11.9	12.2	12.2	11.9

15 ppm sulfur and under stocks *(million barrels)* more stock data ›
	Year ago	Most recent
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	03/22/24	03/15/24	03/08/24	03/01/24
U.S.	102.5	106.3	108.7	107.5	108.0	108.1	107.9	108.0
East Coast (PADD 1)	25.2	26.5	29.0	27.9	27.7	27.2	25.7	29.4
New England (PADD 1A)	3.9	3.9	4.1	4.2	4.8	4.5	4.3	4.8
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)	11.5	13.7	14.0	13.8	13.3	12.9	13.3	15.1
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)	9.9	8.8	10.9	9.9	9.6	9.7	8.1	9.5
Midwest (PADD 2)	27.1	31.5	30.5	31.3	31.0	30.5	31.5	31.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	34.5	33.3	33.4	32.7	34.1	34.7	34.9	31.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	3.4	4.5	4.6	4.3	4.1	4.3	4.5	4.3
West Coast (PADD 5)	12.3	10.5	11.2	11.3	11.1	11.3	11.4	11.1

Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur stocks *(million barrels)* more stock data ›
	Year ago	Most recent
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	03/22/24	03/15/24	03/08/24	03/01/24
U.S.	2.5	2.4	2.0	2.0	2.2	2.7	2.8	2.6
East Coast (PADD 1)	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	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)	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.3
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
Midwest (PADD 2)	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	1.0	0.9	0.7	0.7	0.8	1.3	1.1	1.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
West Coast (PADD 5)	0.2	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2

Greater than 500 ppm sulfur stocks *(million barrels)* more stock data ›
	Year ago	Most recent
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	03/22/24	03/15/24	03/08/24	03/01/24
U.S.	7.1	6.3	7.0	6.5	7.2	7.8	7.3	6.4
East Coast (PADD 1)	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	1.1	1.0	1.0
New England (PADD 1A)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B)	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.7	0.8	0.7
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C)	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2
Midwest (PADD 2)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	4.9	4.7	5.2	4.9	5.1	5.5	5.2	4.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
West Coast (PADD 5)	0.9	0.6	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.6

Days of supply *(number of days)* more supply data ›
	Year ago	Most recent
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	03/22/24	03/15/24	03/08/24	03/01/24
U.S.	29.0	32.4	32.9	31.6	30.8	32.1	31.6	31.1
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. total distillate stocks / Four-week average U.S. distillate fuel oil demand

Distillate production, imports, and exports (million barrels per day)

Graph Total U.S.
Graph 15 ppm sulfur and under
Graph > 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur
Graph > 15 ppm sulfur
Graph Imports
Graph Exports

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

U.S. distillate exports graph

Total distillate production *(million barrels per day)*more production data ›
	Year ago	Four-week averages			Year ago	Week ending
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
U.S.	4.677	4.665	4.687	4.668	4.750	4.601	4.639	4.606
East Coast (PADD 1)	0.192	0.209	0.200	0.198	0.209	0.206	0.213	0.209
Midwest (PADD 2)	1.042	1.035	1.072	1.080	0.955	0.948	0.997	1.097
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	2.778	2.849	2.849	2.826	2.940	2.848	2.869	2.739
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	0.182	0.185	0.182	0.171	0.192	0.188	0.209	0.174
West Coast (PADD 5)	0.483	0.388	0.385	0.393	0.454	0.411	0.350	0.388

15 ppm sulfur and under production *(million barrels per day)* more production data ›
	Year ago	Four-week averages			Year ago	Week ending
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
U.S.	4.467	4.509	4.527	4.483	4.548	4.436	4.504	4.440
East Coast (PADD 1)	0.191	0.203	0.198	0.196	0.206	0.201	0.208	0.206
Midwest (PADD 2)	1.040	1.021	1.054	1.063	0.966	0.955	0.975	1.085
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	2.601	2.722	2.714	2.676	2.756	2.716	2.764	2.593
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	0.184	0.188	0.183	0.171	0.193	0.190	0.213	0.180
West Coast (PADD 5)	0.450	0.374	0.377	0.377	0.427	0.373	0.344	0.376

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
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
U.S.	0.120	0.084	0.078	0.089	0.117	0.118	0.076	0.062
East Coast (PADD 1)	0.003	0.004	0.003	0.004	0.006	0.004	0.004	-0.002
Midwest (PADD 2)	0.004	0.007	0.003	0.004	0.003	0.008	0.007	0.004
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	0.097	0.064	0.066	0.069	0.091	0.083	0.065	0.045
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	0.000	0.000	0.001	0.002	0.000	-0.001	-0.001	0.000
West Coast (PADD 5)	0.016	0.010	0.005	0.010	0.016	0.023	0.002	0.015

Greater than 500 ppm sulfur production *(million barrels per day)* more production data ›
	Year ago	Four-week averages			Year ago	Week ending
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
U.S.	0.090	0.072	0.082	0.096	0.086	0.047	0.059	0.105
East Coast (PADD 1)	-0.002	0.002	-0.002	-0.002	-0.003	0.001	0.002	0.005
Midwest (PADD 2)	-0.002	0.006	0.014	0.013	-0.014	-0.015	0.015	0.008
Gulf Coast (PADD 3)	0.080	0.063	0.068	0.081	0.093	0.048	0.041	0.101
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)	-0.002	-0.002	-0.002	-0.001	-0.001	-0.002	-0.003	-0.006
West Coast (PADD 5)	0.016	0.003	0.003	0.005	0.012	0.014	0.004	-0.003

Distillate imports *(million barrels per day)* more import data ›
	Year ago	Four-week averages			Year ago	Week ending
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
Total distillate	0.152	0.145	0.150	0.152	0.113	0.149	0.163	0.104
15 ppm sulfur and under	0.151	0.144	0.150	0.152	0.113	0.147	0.161	0.103
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	0.001	0.001	0.001	0.000	0.000	0.002	0.002	0.001
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
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
U.S. exports	1.112	1.394	1.270	1.183	1.149	1.478	1.580	1.396

Distillate demand (million barrels per day)

Graph Distillate fuel oil

U.S. distillate demand graph

Distillate demand *(million barrels per day)* more production data ›
	Year ago	Four-week averages			Year ago	Week ending
	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24	04/14/23	04/12/24	04/05/24	03/29/24
Distillate fuel oil	3.870	3.543	3.573	3.671	3.765	3.666	2.985	3.495

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available | W = Data Withheld