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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

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

Notice: Changes to Petroleum Marketing Survey Forms for 2013

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  11/26/12 12/03/12 12/10/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 3.437 3.394 3.349   values are down -0.045 values are up 0.063
East Coast (PADD1) 3.485 3.457 3.417   values are down -0.040 values are up 0.114
  New England (PADD1A) 3.634 3.598 3.561   values are down -0.037 values are up 0.185
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 3.637 3.594 3.545   values are down -0.049 values are up 0.211
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.326 3.311 3.278   values are down -0.033 values are up 0.019
Midwest (PADD2) 3.387 3.320 3.284   values are down -0.036 values are up 0.057
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.173 3.158 3.122   values are down -0.036 values are up 0.035
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 3.473 3.405 3.328   values are down -0.077 values are up 0.090
West Coast (PADD5) 3.668 3.615 3.544   values are down -0.071 values are down -0.004
  West Coast less California 3.531 3.476 3.415   values are down -0.061 values are down -0.024
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States
            Change from
    11/26/12 12/03/12 12/10/12   week ago year ago
California   3.747 3.696 3.619   values are down -0.077 values are up 0.008
Colorado   3.391 3.327 3.258   values are down -0.069 values are up 0.037
Florida   3.367 3.340 3.302   values are down -0.038 values are up 0.022
Massachusetts   3.579 3.534 3.494   values are down -0.040 values are up 0.215
Minnesota   3.271 3.275 3.217   values are down -0.058 values are up 0.041
New York   3.870 3.822 3.771   values are down -0.051 values are up 0.242
Ohio   3.529 3.333 3.337   values are up 0.004 values are up 0.062
Texas   3.144 3.134 3.102   values are down -0.032 values are up 0.004
Washington   3.491 3.466 3.422   values are down -0.044 values are down -0.134
Cities
Boston   3.564 3.522 3.482   values are down -0.040 values are up 0.211
Chicago   3.577 3.497 3.478   values are down -0.019 values are up 0.090
Cleveland   3.527 3.413 3.367   values are down -0.046 values are up 0.087
Denver   3.373 3.305 3.238   values are down -0.067 values are up 0.046
Houston   3.133 3.121 3.094   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.034
Los Angeles   3.785 3.750 3.690   values are down -0.060 values are up 0.047
Miami   3.532 3.505 3.502   values are down -0.003 values are up 0.092
New York City   3.709 3.649 3.599   values are down -0.050 values are up 0.236
San Francisco   3.776 3.707 3.630   values are down -0.077 values are up 0.044
Seattle   3.473 3.452 3.415   values are down -0.037 values are down -0.169

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  11/26/12 12/03/12 12/10/12   week ago year ago
U.S. 4.034 4.027 3.991   values are down -0.036 values are up 0.097
East Coast (PADD1) 4.092 4.096 4.069   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.152
  New England (PADD1A) 4.203 4.221 4.175   values are down -0.046 values are up 0.143
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 4.203 4.202 4.174   values are down -0.028 values are up 0.171
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 3.990 3.994 3.970   values are down -0.024 values are up 0.140
Midwest (PADD2) 4.023 4.014 3.977   values are down -0.037 values are up 0.129
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 3.902 3.901 3.874   values are down -0.027 values are up 0.080
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 4.057 3.989 3.938   values are down -0.051 values are down -0.053
West Coast (PADD5) 4.115 4.097 4.042   values are down -0.055 values are down -0.019
  West Coast less California 4.070 4.046 3.982   values are down -0.064 values are down -0.008
  California 4.153 4.139 4.093   values are down -0.046 values are down -0.029
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:
What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (October 2012) Retail Price: $3.75/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 (October 2012) Retail Price: $4.09/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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