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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: October 1, 2012   |  Next Release Date: October 9, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: October 1, 2012   |  Next Release Date: October 9, 2012  

Notice: Changes to Petroleum Marketing Survey Forms for 2013

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  09/17/12 09/24/12 10/01/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.878 3.826 3.804   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.371
East Coast (PADD1) 3.879 3.828 3.801   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.361
  New England (PADD1A) 3.989 3.945 3.955   values are up 0.010 values are up 0.391
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.953 3.907 3.893   values are down -0.014 values are up 0.389
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.792 3.734 3.687   values are down -0.047 values are up 0.331
Midwest (PADD2) 3.893 3.813 3.784   values are down -0.029 values are up 0.461
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.655 3.600 3.555   values are down -0.045 values are up 0.317
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.772 3.774 3.765   values are down -0.009 values are up 0.219
West Coast (PADD5) 4.074 4.065 4.081   values are up 0.016 values are up 0.304
  West Coast less California 3.935 3.918 3.917   values are down -0.001 values are up 0.239
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States
            Change from
    09/17/12 09/24/12 10/01/12   week ago year ago
California   4.155 4.151 4.176   values are up 0.025 values are up 0.341
Colorado   3.720 3.743 3.733   values are down -0.010 values are up 0.281
Florida   3.778 3.728 3.676   values are down -0.052 values are up 0.315
Massachusetts   3.905 3.882 3.892   values are up 0.010 values are up 0.407
Minnesota   3.937 3.862 3.846   values are down -0.016 values are up 0.435
New York   4.118 4.067 4.059   values are down -0.008 values are up 0.361
Ohio   3.862 3.704 3.718   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.548
Texas   3.660 3.603 3.554   values are down -0.049 values are up 0.326
Washington   4.046 4.029 4.049   values are up 0.020 values are up 0.227
Cities
Boston   3.907 3.881 3.894   values are up 0.013 values are up 0.417
Chicago   4.231 4.117 4.011   values are down -0.106 values are up 0.441
Cleveland   3.821 3.718 3.711   values are down -0.007 values are up 0.511
Denver   3.711 3.733 3.734   values are up 0.001 values are up 0.307
Houston   3.635 3.584 3.534   values are down -0.050 values are up 0.343
Los Angeles   4.167 4.161 4.213   values are up 0.052 values are up 0.358
Miami   3.961 3.919 3.876   values are down -0.043 values are up 0.363
New York City   3.990 3.938 3.931   values are down -0.007 values are up 0.382
San Francisco   4.165 4.192 4.216   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.370
Seattle   4.036 4.032 4.043   values are up 0.011 values are up 0.215

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  09/17/12 09/24/12 10/01/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 4.135 4.086 4.079   values are down -0.007 values are up 0.330
East Coast (PADD1) 4.125 4.092 4.081   values are down -0.011 values are up 0.316
  New England (PADD1A) 4.215 4.191 4.195   values are up 0.004 values are up 0.254
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.196 4.170 4.168   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.287
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 4.056 4.015 3.995   values are down -0.020 values are up 0.296
Midwest (PADD2) 4.080 4.017 4.013   values are down -0.004 values are up 0.314
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 4.028 3.995 3.999   values are up 0.004 values are up 0.306
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 4.256 4.228 4.205   values are down -0.023 values are up 0.359
West Coast (PADD5) 4.399 4.323 4.301   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.374
  West Coast less California 4.321 4.249 4.212   values are down -0.037 values are not available NA
  California 4.466 4.386 4.376   values are down -0.010 values are up 0.369
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (August 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.
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Diesel (August 2012) Retail Price: $3.98/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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