Today in Energy
February 15, 2013Daily Prices
Daily wholesale and retail prices for various energy products are shown below, including spot prices and select futures prices at national or regional levels. Prices are updated each weekday (excluding federal holidays), typically between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m. This page is meant to provide a snapshot of selected daily prices only. Prices are republished by EIA with permission as follows: Wholesale Petroleum Prices from Thomson Reuters, Retail Petroleum Prices from AAA Fuel Gauge Report, Energy Futures from CME Group, and Select Spot Prices from SNL Energy.
Daily Prices
| Wholesale Petroleum Prices, Thursday Close | |||
| Product | Area | Price | Percent Change* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil ($/barrel) |
WTI | 97.30 | +0.3 |
| Brent | 118.49 | 0.0 | |
| Louisiana Light | 118.05 | +0.6 | |
| Gasoline (RBOB) ($/gallon) |
NY Harbor | 3.10 | +3.1 |
| Gulf Coast | 3.07 | +4.4 | |
| Los Angeles | 3.43 | +2.4 | |
| Heating Oil ($/gallon) |
NY Harbor | 3.24 | -0.2 |
| Gulf Coast | 3.21 | -0.4 | |
| 3:2:1 Crack Spread ($/barrel) |
Gulf Coast (LLS) | 12.92 | +26.6 |
| Low-Sulfur Diesel ($/gallon) |
NY Harbor | 3.30 | -0.5 |
| Gulf Coast | 3.29 | +0.4 | |
| Los Angeles | 3.33 | +0.6 | |
| Propane ($/gallon) |
Mont Belvieu, TX | 0.86 | +0.9 |
| Conway, KS | 0.82 | +0.3 | |
| Retail Petroleum Prices (AAA), Thursday | |||
| Gasoline ($/gallon) | U.S. Average | 3.64 | +0.4 |
| Diesel ($/gallon) | U.S. Average | 4.10 | +0.3 |
| Financial Indicators, Thursday Close | Price | Percent Change* |
|
| Commodity Price Index | 5112.60 | 0.0 | |
| S&P 500 Index | 1520.33 | +0.1 | |
| U.S. Dollar Exchange Rate Index | 80.43 | +0.4 | |
| Energy Futures (Delivery Month), Thursday Settlement | ||||
| Product | Price | Percent Change* |
Volume | Prior Day Open Interest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crude Oil ($/barrel) - Nymex Mar | 97.31 | +0.3 | 183 | 110 |
| Gasoline-RBOB ($/gallon) - Nymex Mar | 3.12 | +2.7 | 67 | 71 |
| Heating Oil ($/gallon) - Nymex Mar | 3.22 | +0.2 | 48 | 70 |
| Natural Gas ($/million Btu) - Nymex Mar | 3.16 | -4.3 | 221 | 148 |
| Coal ($/ton) - Nymex Mar | 58.02 | -0.3 | 0 | < 1 |
| Ethanol ($/gallon) - CBOT Mar | 2.33 | -1.6 | < 1 | 1 |
Note: Units for Volume & Prior Day Open Interest are thousand Prompt Month Contracts. Prices reflect daily settlement prices.
| Select Spot Prices for Delivery Today | |||||
| Region | Natural Gas ($/million Btu) |
Electricity ($/MWh) |
Spark Spread ($/MWh) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | Percent Change* |
Price | Percent Change* |
||
| New England | 10.81 | -39.4 | 74.91 | -43.1 | 0.00 |
| New York City | 5.28 | -13.5 | 68.60 | -4.5 | 31.65 |
| Mid-Atlantic | 3.53 | +0.3 | 35.23 | +4.8 | 10.54 |
| Midwest | 3.43 | +1.3 | 27.90 | +10.2 | 3.89 |
| Louisiana | 3.29 | -0.1 | 28.25 | +4.6 | 5.24 |
| Houston | 3.27 | +0.6 | 27.25 | -4.4 | 4.37 |
| Southwest | 3.25 | +0.5 | 30.75 | 0.0 | 7.99 |
| Southern CA | 3.50 | -1.4 | 47.17 | -6.2 | 22.66 |
| Northern CA | 3.60 | -0.2 | 38.65 | -2.2 | 13.43 |
| Northwest | 3.32 | -0.5 | 29.08 | 0.0 | 5.84 |
*Percent changes based on daily settlement price from previous business day.
NA = Data was not available at time of retrieval. Percent Change column will display NA if data from previous day was not retrieved.
Sources: CME Group,
, SNL Energy, AAA Fuel Gauge Report