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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: September 10, 2012   |  Next Release Date: September 17, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: September 10, 2012   |  Next Release Date: September 17, 2012  

Notice: Changes to Petroleum Marketing Survey Forms for 2013

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  08/27/12 09/03/12 09/10/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.776 3.843 3.847   values are up 0.004 values are up 0.186
East Coast (PADD1) 3.750 3.811 3.827   values are up 0.016 values are up 0.195
  New England (PADD1A) 3.818 3.855 3.922   values are up 0.067 values are up 0.171
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.781 3.823 3.860   values are up 0.037 values are up 0.193
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.707 3.789 3.775   values are down -0.014 values are up 0.205
Midwest (PADD2) 3.778 3.875 3.860   values are down -0.015 values are up 0.177
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.582 3.645 3.641   values are down -0.004 values are up 0.169
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.575 3.640 3.698   values are up 0.058 values are up 0.101
West Coast (PADD5) 4.040 4.073 4.083   values are up 0.010 values are up 0.215
  West Coast less California 3.836 3.895 3.918   values are up 0.023 values are up 0.181
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States
            Change from
    08/27/12 09/03/12 09/10/12   week ago year ago
California   4.158 4.176 4.178   values are up 0.002 values are up 0.234
Colorado   3.511 3.552 3.615   values are up 0.063 values are up 0.064
Florida   3.722 3.760 3.758   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.199
Massachusetts   3.742 3.776 3.848   values are up 0.072 values are up 0.181
Minnesota   3.702 3.761 3.828   values are up 0.067 values are up 0.057
New York   3.939 3.987 4.001   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.140
Ohio   3.760 3.846 3.760   values are down -0.086 values are up 0.137
Texas   3.579 3.670 3.657   values are down -0.013 values are up 0.189
Washington   4.027 4.050 4.065   values are up 0.015 values are up 0.165
Cities
Boston   3.738 3.772 3.857   values are up 0.085 values are up 0.187
Chicago   4.093 4.251 4.185   values are down -0.066 values are up 0.267
Cleveland   3.687 3.859 3.785   values are down -0.074 values are up 0.132
Denver   3.491 3.529 3.605   values are up 0.076 values are up 0.075
Houston   3.537 3.622 3.618   values are down -0.004 values are up 0.214
Los Angeles   4.195 4.199 4.201   values are up 0.002 values are up 0.226
Miami   3.912 3.972 3.959   values are down -0.013 values are up 0.220
New York City   3.838 3.869 3.895   values are up 0.026 values are up 0.160
San Francisco   4.166 4.197 4.196   values are down -0.001 values are up 0.236
Seattle   4.036 4.057 4.067   values are up 0.010 values are up 0.177

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  08/27/12 09/03/12 09/10/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 4.089 4.127 4.132   values are up 0.005 values are up 0.270
East Coast (PADD1) 4.072 4.104 4.113   values are up 0.009 values are up 0.234
  New England (PADD1A) 4.132 4.194 4.208   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.223
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.129 4.153 4.175   values are up 0.022 values are up 0.190
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 4.019 4.051 4.049   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.224
Midwest (PADD2) 4.050 4.072 4.079   values are up 0.007 values are up 0.238
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.981 4.026 4.021   values are down -0.005 values are up 0.231
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 4.149 4.217 4.242   values are up 0.025 values are up 0.339
West Coast (PADD5) 4.353 4.424 4.423   values are down -0.001 values are up 0.439
  West Coast less California 4.288 4.343 4.358   values are up 0.015 values are not available NA
  California 4.409 4.493 4.477   values are down -0.016 values are up 0.410
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (July 2012) Retail Price: $3.44/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (July 2012) Retail Price: $3.72/gallon Taxes - Fees collected on a gallon of fuel that are paid to the federal, state, or local government. Distribution and Marketing - Products are shipped by pipeline, stored at terminals, and trucks deliver gasoline and diesel fuel to retail stations. Refiners - process crude oil to make gasoline, diesel fuel, and other products for sale to retailers and resellers. Crude oil - Domestic and foreign crude oil producers sell crude oil to refiners for processing.

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