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Date Published : December 9, 2008
Next Update : January 13, 2009

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Table 2. U.S. Energy Nominal Prices
	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Crude Oil Prices (dollars per barrel)
West Texas Intermediate Spot Average	56.49	66.02	72.32	100.40	51.17
Imported Average	48.90	59.05	67.13	94.02	47.15
Refiner Average Acquisition Cost	50.25	60.26	68.09	95.70	48.68
Petroleum Products (cents per gallon)
Refiner Prices for Resale
Gasoline	167	197	218	257	143
Diesel Fuel	174	201	220	300	177
Heating Oil	162	183	207	274	165
Refiner Prices to End Users
Jet Fuel	174	200	217	304	177
No. 6 Residual Fuel^a	106	122	139	200	110
Propane to Petrochemical Sector	90	100	117	139	73
Retail Prices Including Taxes
Gasoline Regular Grade^b	227	258	281	327	203
Gasoline All Grades^b	231	262	285	332	208
On-highway Diesel Fuel	240	270	288	380	247
Heating Oil	215	248	272	330	235
Propane	176	198	215	246	183
Natural Gas (dollars per thousand cubic feet)
Average Wellhead	7.26	6.40	6.39	8.09	5.50
Henry Hub Spot	8.94	6.94	7.17	9.17	6.25
End-Use Prices
Industrial Sector	8.56	7.86	7.59	9.55	6.85
Commercial Sector	11.34	11.99	11.31	11.98	10.43
Residential Sector	12.70	13.75	13.00	13.58	12.09
Electricity
Power Generation Fuel Costs (dollars per million Btu)
Coal	1.54	1.69	1.78	2.03	1.96
Natural Gas	8.23	6.92	7.09	9.27	6.12
Residual Fuel Oil^c	7.00	7.80	8.40	13.74	7.08
Distillate Fuel Oil	11.53	13.21	15.17	20.48	11.75
End-Use Prices (cents per Kilowatthour)
Industrial Sector	5.7	6.2	6.4	6.9	7.2
Commercial Sector	8.7	9.5	9.7	10.3	10.8
Residential Sector	9.4	10.4	10.6	11.3	11.8

^a	Average for all sulfur contents.
^b	Average self-service cash price.
^c	Includes fuel oils No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, and topped crude.

	- = no data available
	Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
	Prices exclude taxes unless otherwise noted.
	Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Petroleum Marketing Monthly, DOE/EIA-0380;
	Weekly Petroleum Status Report, DOE/EIA-0208; Natural Gas Monthly, DOE/EIA-0130; Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226; and Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035.
	Natural gas Henry Hub spot price from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index (http://Intelligencepress.com); WTI crude oil price from Reuter's News Service (http://www.reuters.com).
	Minor discrepancies with published hstorical data are due to independent rounding.
	Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.