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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: November 5, 2012   |  Next Release Date: November 13, 2012
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: November 5, 2012   |  Next Release Date: November 13, 2012  

Notice: Changes to Petroleum Marketing Survey Forms for 2013

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  10/22/12 10/29/12 11/05/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.687 3.568 3.492   values are down -0.076 values are up 0.068
East Coast (PADD1) 3.700 3.589 3.533   values are down -0.056 values are up 0.119
  New England (PADD1A) 3.843 3.740 3.714   values are down -0.026 values are up 0.210
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.787 3.692 3.677   values are down -0.015 values are up 0.223
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.591 3.467 3.373   values are down -0.094 values are up 0.015
Midwest (PADD2) 3.487 3.391 3.323   values are down -0.068 values are down -0.016
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.449 3.337 3.271   values are down -0.066 values are up 0.047
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.705 3.650 3.611   values are down -0.039 values are up 0.142
West Coast (PADD5) 4.245 4.045 3.899   values are down -0.146 values are up 0.127
  West Coast less California 3.922 3.832 3.730   values are down -0.102 values are up 0.102
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States
            Change from
    10/22/12 10/29/12 11/05/12   week ago year ago
California   4.432 4.169 3.996   values are down -0.173 values are up 0.141
Colorado   3.639 3.559 3.500   values are down -0.059 values are up 0.041
Florida   3.609 3.486 3.398   values are down -0.088 values are up 0.039
Massachusetts   3.789 3.700 3.680   values are down -0.020 values are up 0.272
Minnesota   3.517 3.303 3.244   values are down -0.059 values are down -0.172
New York   3.973 3.871 3.848   values are down -0.023 values are up 0.203
Ohio   3.341 3.412 3.305   values are down -0.107 values are up 0.047
Texas   3.443 3.323 3.252   values are down -0.071 values are up 0.014
Washington   3.951 3.815 3.673   values are down -0.142 values are down -0.114
Cities
Boston   3.781 3.688 3.666   values are down -0.022 values are up 0.263
Chicago   3.668 3.581 3.524   values are down -0.057 values are up 0.020
Cleveland   3.403 3.429 3.371   values are down -0.058 values are up 0.050
Denver   3.618 3.540 3.472   values are down -0.068 values are up 0.035
Houston   3.417 3.309 3.232   values are down -0.077 values are up 0.047
Los Angeles   4.473 4.206 4.024   values are down -0.182 values are up 0.109
Miami   3.773 3.671 3.606   values are down -0.065 values are up 0.085
New York City   3.816 3.692 3.695   values are up 0.003 values are up 0.209
San Francisco   4.441 4.196 4.010   values are down -0.186 values are up 0.160
Seattle   3.979 3.816 3.691   values are down -0.125 values are down -0.097

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  10/22/12 10/29/12 11/05/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 4.116 4.030 4.010   values are down -0.020 values are up 0.123
East Coast (PADD1) 4.108 4.036 4.034   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.159
  New England (PADD1A) 4.243 4.205 4.211   values are up 0.006 values are up 0.261
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.203 4.149 4.155   values are up 0.006 values are up 0.158
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 4.011 3.921 3.910   values are down -0.011 values are up 0.094
Midwest (PADD2) 4.101 3.984 3.959   values are down -0.025 values are up 0.096
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.999 3.945 3.920   values are down -0.025 values are up 0.124
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 4.243 4.195 4.160   values are down -0.035 values are up 0.182
West Coast (PADD5) 4.298 4.187 4.153   values are down -0.034 values are up 0.044
  West Coast less California 4.195 4.092 4.068   values are down -0.024 values are not available NA
  California 4.385 4.268 4.225   values are down -0.043 values are up 0.012
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (September 2012) Retail Price: $3.85/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 (September 2012) Retail Price: $4.12/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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