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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: October 9, 2012   |  Next Release Date: October 15, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: October 9, 2012   |  Next Release Date: October 15, 2012  

Notice: Changes to Petroleum Marketing Survey Forms for 2013

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  09/24/12 10/01/12 10/08/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.826 3.804 3.850   values are up 0.046 values are up 0.433
East Coast (PADD1) 3.828 3.801 3.798   values are down -0.003 values are up 0.395
  New England (PADD1A) 3.945 3.955 3.955   no change 0.000 values are up 0.438
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.907 3.893 3.911   values are up 0.018 values are up 0.449
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.734 3.687 3.667   values are down -0.020 values are up 0.342
Midwest (PADD2) 3.813 3.784 3.772   values are down -0.012 values are up 0.436
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.600 3.555 3.537   values are down -0.018 values are up 0.316
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.774 3.765 3.748   values are down -0.017 values are up 0.228
West Coast (PADD5) 4.065 4.081 4.409   values are up 0.328 values are up 0.655
  West Coast less California 3.918 3.917 3.978   values are up 0.061 values are up 0.328
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States
            Change from
    09/24/12 10/01/12 10/08/12   week ago year ago
California   4.151 4.176 4.659   values are up 0.483 values are up 0.844
Colorado   3.743 3.733 3.713   values are down -0.020 values are up 0.267
Florida   3.728 3.676 3.648   values are down -0.028 values are up 0.326
Massachusetts   3.882 3.892 3.901   values are up 0.009 values are up 0.474
Minnesota   3.862 3.846 3.796   values are down -0.050 values are up 0.339
New York   4.067 4.059 4.101   values are up 0.042 values are up 0.436
Ohio   3.704 3.718 3.766   values are up 0.048 values are up 0.515
Texas   3.603 3.554 3.538   values are down -0.016 values are up 0.323
Washington   4.029 4.049 4.111   values are up 0.062 values are up 0.315
Cities
Boston   3.881 3.894 3.890   values are down -0.004 values are up 0.471
Chicago   4.117 4.011 4.001   values are down -0.010 values are up 0.484
Cleveland   3.718 3.711 3.766   values are up 0.055 values are up 0.513
Denver   3.733 3.734 3.702   values are down -0.032 values are up 0.276
Houston   3.584 3.534 3.497   values are down -0.037 values are up 0.331
Los Angeles   4.161 4.213 4.736   values are up 0.523 values are up 0.890
Miami   3.919 3.876 3.859   values are down -0.017 values are up 0.373
New York City   3.938 3.931 3.958   values are up 0.027 values are up 0.453
San Francisco   4.192 4.216 4.675   values are up 0.459 values are up 0.837
Seattle   4.032 4.043 4.108   values are up 0.065 values are up 0.324

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  09/24/12 10/01/12 10/08/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 4.086 4.079 4.094   values are up 0.015 values are up 0.373
East Coast (PADD1) 4.092 4.081 4.097   values are up 0.016 values are up 0.356
  New England (PADD1A) 4.191 4.195 4.217   values are up 0.022 values are up 0.305
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.170 4.168 4.185   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.325
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 4.015 3.995 4.009   values are up 0.014 values are up 0.335
Midwest (PADD2) 4.017 4.013 4.040   values are up 0.027 values are up 0.369
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.995 3.999 3.999   no change 0.000 values are up 0.348
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 4.228 4.205 4.194   values are down -0.011 values are up 0.366
West Coast (PADD5) 4.323 4.301 4.319   values are up 0.018 values are up 0.409
  West Coast less California 4.249 4.212 4.207   values are down -0.005 values are not available NA
  California 4.386 4.376 4.414   values are up 0.038 values are up 0.437
*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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