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October 7, 2024

EIA now publishes additional U.S. biofuel and distillate forecasts


October 4, 2024

Distillate fuel oil demand will increase in the fall because of the agricultural harvest


April 25, 2024

Low U.S. distillate consumption reflects slow economic activity and biofuel substitution


April 2, 2024

U.S. petroleum product exports set another record high in 2023


August 16, 2023

Summer Midwest distillate inventories rise amid high production and transit constraints


July 10, 2023

Biofuels are displacing petroleum-based distillate fuel oil consumption on the West Coast


March 20, 2023

U.S. petroleum product exports set a record high in 2022


September 26, 2022

The United States exported record amounts of petroleum products in the first half of 2022


September 12, 2022

Distillate stocks in U.S. New England and Central Atlantic states fall to low levels


June 28, 2022

Significant volumes of gasoline and distillate move from the Gulf Coast to the East Coast


May 23, 2022

U.S. retail diesel prices increase to over $6 per gallon in the Northeast


April 12, 2022

The United States increased both imports and exports of petroleum products in 2021


March 10, 2022

Increased demand and low inventories drive U.S. distillate prices higher


October 5, 2021

A change in China’s tax policy is affecting Asia's petroleum product trade


August 5, 2021

U.S. petroleum consumption decreased to a 25-year low in 2020


June 29, 2021

U.S. distillate demand returned to 2019 levels earlier than gasoline and jet fuel demand


April 9, 2021

More gasoline expected to be consumed this summer than last, but not more than in 2019


April 7, 2021

Both U.S. imports and exports of several transportation fuels fell in 2020


March 8, 2021

The United States exported more propane than distillate in 2020


February 10, 2021

Northeast distillate inventories have declined but remain above normal


November 30, 2020

U.S. distillate inventories have fallen back within the five-year range


October 20, 2020

EIA expects relatively high distillate inventories to decrease through the winter


August 31, 2020

More energy is used per person for transportation in states with low population density


August 18, 2020

Early 2020 data show U.S. biodiesel production levels largely unchanged since 2019


August 13, 2020

As lockdowns eased in May, gasoline demand increased and jet fuel continued to fall


May 4, 2020

Low transportation fuel demand and low profitability drive refinery run declines


October 24, 2019

U.S. petroleum product exports rose slightly in the first half of 2019


April 23, 2019

U.S. petroleum product exports set record high in 2018


January 22, 2019

EIA now publishes oil stocks at power plant level


December 17, 2018

EIA now publishes petroleum export data by U.S. region of origin and destination country


November 27, 2018

High gasoline inventories help drive U.S. refining margins to five-year lows


September 24, 2018

Crude oil was the largest U.S. petroleum export in the first half of 2018


August 13, 2018

U.S. refineries running at near-record highs


July 27, 2018

U.S. distillate fuel inventories are low for this time of year


June 26, 2018

EIA now publishes petroleum export data by U.S. region of origin and destination country


June 6, 2018

Distillate fuel oil was the most exported U.S. petroleum product in 2017


May 31, 2018

Gasoline futures prices are below distillate futures prices, rare for this time of year


November 7, 2017

More U.S. distillate is being exported


October 18, 2017

Crude oil and petroleum product exports reach record levels in the first half of 2017


August 31, 2017

Seasonal swings in U.S. distillate inventories lower as consumption patterns change


June 27, 2017

U.S. exports of crude oil and petroleum products have more than doubled since 2010


May 15, 2017

Petroleum product exports from Central Atlantic states were unusually high in February


April 6, 2017

U.S. households’ heating equipment choices are diverse and vary by climate region


October 4, 2016

Growth in propane exports drove U.S. petroleum product export growth in first half of 2016


March 25, 2016

U.S. petroleum product exports continue to increase


February 26, 2016

European distillate oversupply means some shippers take the long route around Africa


February 19, 2016

For transportation fuels, the Gulf Coast produces, the East Coast consumes


November 17, 2015

Record-low water levels on Rhine River are disrupting fuel shipments


September 25, 2015

East Coast distillate fuel oil inventories higher than in recent years


June 17, 2015

Refiner margins unable to fully offset low upstream earnings for integrated oil companies


March 5, 2015

U.S. petroleum product exports increase for 13th consecutive year, setting record


February 24, 2015

Large reduction in distillate fuel sulfur content has only minor effect on energy content


October 17, 2014

Energy for growing and harvesting crops is a large component of farm operating costs


April 22, 2014

U.S. petroleum product exports increase in 2013


May 15, 2013

Mexico Week: Crude oil moving north, products moving south characterizes U.S.-Mexico trade


March 27, 2013

Rising North Dakota oil production and demand spurs two new refineries


August 24, 2012

Heating fuel choice shows electricity and natural gas roughly equal in newer homes


July 18, 2012

April 2012 sets U.S. monthly record for distillate net exports


May 25, 2012

Asian demand spurs U.S. net exports of petroleum coke to higher levels in early 2012


March 7, 2012

U.S. petroleum product exports exceeded imports in 2011 for first time in over six decades


January 17, 2012

Distillate yields at U.S. refineries are rising


January 6, 2012

U.S. refineries and blenders produced record amounts of distillate fuels


November 28, 2011

Beyond natural gas and electricity; more than 10% of U.S. homes use heating oil or propane


October 31, 2011

3:2:1 Crack spreads based on WTI & LLS crude oils have diverged in 2011


October 28, 2011

Household heating fuels vary across the country


October 27, 2011

Recent gasoline and diesel prices track Brent and LLS, not WTI


October 25, 2011

High heating oil prices discourage heating oil supply contracts for the upcoming winter


October 19, 2011

State heating oil and propane program season begins


October 13, 2011

Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve now focuses on New England


October 12, 2011

EIA projects record winter household heating oil prices in the Northeast


September 7, 2011

U.S. exports of petroleum products increase as markets become more globally integrated


August 31, 2011

U.S. distillate fuel exports continue to grow


April 13, 2011

The outlook for transportation fuel markets this summer


April 12, 2011

Retail prices: diesel outpaces gasoline


February 18, 2011

Heating oil prices rise due to winter demand and crude oil prices