Table 5.22   Refiner Sales Prices and Refiner Margins for Selected Petroleum Products, 1991-2007
                        (Nominal Cents 1 per Gallon, Excluding Taxes)
Product 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 P
Sales Prices to Resellers: 2
  Aviation Gasoline
 100.1 99.1 96.5 93.3 97.5 105.5 106.5 91.2 100.7 133.0 125.6 114.6 128.8 162.7 207.6 249.0 274.6
  Motor Gasoline
 69.9 67.7 62.6 59.9 62.6 71.3 70.0 52.6 64.5 96.3 88.6 82.8 100.2 128.8 167.0 R 196.9 218.2
    Leaded Regular
 65.7 69.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
    Unleaded Regular
 67.2 64.5 59.3 56.6 59.3 68.5 67.3 49.9 62.0 94.2 86.5 80.6 98.1 126.9 165.4 195.0 216.0
    Unleaded Midgrade
 73.3 70.8 66.0 63.8 67.0 75.9 74.9 57.6 69.6 101.3 94.5 88.5 106.1 134.0 170.8 201.6 224.4
    Premium
 79.2 77.4 72.2 69.5 72.2 80.3 79.2 61.7 72.6 105.5 98.0 92.8 111.3 140.8 178.9 R 211.7 235.7
  Kerosene
 72.2 63.2 60.4 61.8 58.0 71.4 65.3 46.5 55.0 96.9 82.1 75.2 95.5 127.1 175.7 R 200.7 224.9
  Jet Fuel, Kerosene-Type
 65.0 60.5 57.7 53.4 53.9 64.6 61.3 45.0 53.3 88.0 76.3 71.6 87.1 120.8 172.3 R 196.1 216.4
  No. 1 Distillate 
 73.0 65.2 64.6 61.5 62.5 75.1 72.3 51.3 63.4 101.9 88.3 80.5 103.3 128.9 180.1 R 204.4 243.1
  No. 2 Distillate 
 61.8 58.5 55.9 52.2 53.0 65.3 60.2 43.9 53.6 89.6 77.9 71.8 88.2 117.8 172.0 R 199.1 219.0
    No. 2 Fuel Oil
 62.2 57.9 54.4 50.6 51.1 63.9 59.0 42.2 49.3 88.6 75.6 69.4 88.1 112.5 162.3 R 183.4 206.3
    No. 2 Diesel Fuel
 61.5 59.1 57.0 52.9 53.8 65.9 60.6 44.4 54.6 89.8 77.5 72.4 88.3 118.7 173.7 R 201.2 220.4
  No. 4 Fuel 3
 55.6 49.5 48.8 46.2 46.3 60.3 55.1 38.3 43.0 77.8 69.7 66.3 79.3 103.3 137.7 R 139.5 155.1
  Residual Fuel Oil
 31.4 30.8 29.3 31.7 36.3 42.0 38.7 28.0 35.4 56.6 47.6 53.0 66.1 68.1 97.1 R 113.6 135.0
    Sulfur <= 1% 4
 36.4 35.1 33.7 34.5 38.3 45.6 41.5 29.9 38.2 62.7 52.3 54.6 72.8 76.4 111.5 120.2 140.6
    Sulfur > 1% 4
 29.2 28.6 25.6 28.7 33.8 38.9 36.6 26.9 32.9 51.2 42.8 50.8 58.8 60.1 84.2 R 108.5 131.4
  Propane (Consumer Grade)
 34.9 32.8 35.1 32.4 34.4 46.1 41.6 28.8 34.2 59.5 54.0 43.1 60.7 75.1 93.3 103.1 119.4

Sales Prices to End Users: 2
  Aviation Gasoline
 104.7 102.7 99.0 95.7 100.5 111.6 112.8 97.5 105.9 130.6 132.3 128.8 149.3 181.9 223.1 268.2 284.9
  Motor Gasoline
 79.7 78.7 75.9 73.8 76.5 84.7 83.9 67.3 78.1 110.6 103.2 94.7 115.6 143.5 182.9 R 212.8 234.5
    Leaded Regular
 71.5 78.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
    Unleaded Regular
 76.1 74.3 71.2 68.9 71.7 80.7 79.8 63.0 74.2 107.3 99.7 91.2 112.3 140.4 180.2 R 209.9 231.5
    Unleaded Midgrade
 84.3 82.7 80.5 78.5 80.8 89.6 89.5 72.8 83.5 116.8 110.0 101.0 121.8 149.9 189.3 R 221.3 243.8
    Premium
 90.7 91.4 88.9 86.5 89.0 97.2 97.3 80.5 90.6 124.2 117.5 108.8 130.5 159.6 199.2 R 232.0 255.1
  Kerosene
 83.8 78.8 75.4 66.0 58.9 74.0 74.5 50.1 60.5 112.3 104.5 99.0 122.4 116.0 195.7 R 224.4 226.1
  Jet Fuel, Kerosene-Type
 65.2 61.0 58.0 53.4 54.0 65.1 61.3 45.2 54.3 89.9 77.5 72.1 87.2 120.7 173.5 199.8 216.7
  No. 1 Distillate 
 74.0 66.6 66.6 64.0 62.0 72.6 68.9 55.1 62.1 98.8 90.2 82.8 101.7 126.2 183.2 R 213.7 228.9
  No. 2 Distillate 
 65.0 62.0 60.2 55.6 56.0 68.0 64.2 49.2 58.0 93.4 84.0 75.9 94.2 123.5 177.7 R 209.1 227.1
    No. 2 Fuel Oil
 66.5 62.7 60.2 57.2 56.2 67.3 63.6 48.2 55.8 92.7 82.9 73.7 93.3 117.3 170.5 R 198.2 224.1
    No. 2 Diesel Fuel
 64.8 61.9 60.2 55.4 56.0 68.1 64.2 49.4 58.4 93.5 84.2 76.2 94.4 124.3 178.6 R 209.6 227.3
  No. 4 Fuel 3
 58.0 52.6 50.1 50.1 50.5 60.3 56.5 42.8 47.4 76.9 67.9 65.7 85.6 101.7 W W W
  Residual Fuel Oil
 34.0 33.6 33.7 35.2 39.2 45.5 42.3 30.5 37.4 60.2 53.1 56.9 69.8 73.9 104.8 121.8 137.2
    Sulfur <= 1% 4
 40.2 38.9 39.7 40.1 43.6 52.6 48.8 35.4 40.5 70.8 64.2 64.0 80.4 83.5 116.8 134.2 143.6
    Sulfur > 1% 4
 30.6 31.2 30.3 33.0 37.7 43.3 40.3 28.7 36.2 56.6 49.2 54.4 65.1 69.2 97.4 R 117.3 134.7
  Propane (Consumer Grade)
 73.0 64.3 67.3 53.0 49.2 60.5 55.2 40.5 45.8 60.3 50.6 41.9 57.7 83.9 108.9 R 135.8 149.0

Refiner Margins 5
  Motor Gasoline
 24.5 23.8 23.5 22.8 21.6 22.0 24.7 22.8 22.8 29.0 34.0 25.4 32.3 40.8 47.4 53.5 56.5
  Jet Fuel, Kerosene-Type
 19.6 16.5 18.6 16.3 12.9 15.3 16.0 15.2 11.6 20.7 21.7 14.2 19.2 32.8 52.7 R 52.7 54.7
  No. 2 Distillate 
 16.4 14.6 16.8 15.1 12.0 16.0 14.9 14.1 11.9 22.3 23.3 14.4 20.3 29.8 52.4 55.7 57.3
  Residual Fuel Oil
 -14.0 -13.2 -9.8 -5.4 -4.8 -7.2 -6.6 -1.8 -6.3 -10.7 -7.0 -4.4 -1.8 -19.9 -22.5 R -29.8 -26.7
  Composite 6
 20.7 19.8 19.0 19.8 18.1 19.4 20.0 19.5 18.9 26.1 29.7 21.6 28.1 36.7 48.4 R 53.0 55.4
1See "Nominal Price" in Glossary. 6A volume weighted average of the refiner prices to resellers for aviation gasoline, kerosene-type jet
fuel, kerosene, motor gasoline, distillate fuel nos. 1, 2, and 4, and residual fuel oil.
2Sales for resale (wholesale sales) are those made to purchasers who are other than ultimate
consumers.  Sales to end users are those made directly to the ultimate consumer, including bulk
customers, such as agriculture, industry, and utilities, as well as residential and commercial customers.		 R=Revised.  P=Preliminary.  NA=Not available.  W=Value withheld to avoid disclosure of individual
company data.  
3Includes No. 4 fuel oil and No. 4 diesel fuel. Web Page:  See http://www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/info_glance/petroleum.html for related
information.
4Sulfur content by weight. Source:  Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Marketing Monthly (April 2008), Tables 1, 2, 4, 6,
and 16.
5In this table, refiner margin is the difference between the composite refiner acquisition price of crude
oil (see Table 5.21) and the price to resellers.