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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: October 31, 2016   |   Next Release Date: November 7, 2016
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: October 31, 2016   |   Next Release Date: November 7, 2016

Notice:  Due to the pipeline disruption in the Southeast, the EPA and DOE have issued a waiver of the federal RFG requirements in the affected RFG areas in Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Virginia. These RFG areas may contain conventional gasoline during the waiver period.

U.S. Regular Gasoline Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  10/17/16 10/24/16 10/31/16   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.257 2.243 2.230   values are down -0.013 values are up 0.006
East Coast (PADD1) 2.237 2.232 2.219   values are down -0.013 values are up 0.105
  New England (PADD1A) 2.247 2.248 2.248   no change 0.000 values are up 0.095
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.263 2.274 2.271   values are down -0.003 values are up 0.097
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.216 2.196 2.172   values are down -0.024 values are up 0.115
Midwest (PADD2) 2.155 2.107 2.075   values are down -0.032 values are down -0.193
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.043 2.056 2.042   values are down -0.014 values are up 0.126
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.269 2.286 2.293   values are up 0.007 values are up 0.053
West Coast (PADD5) 2.679 2.680 2.697   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.051
  West Coast less California 2.461 2.476 2.478   values are up 0.002 values are up 0.126
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States
            Change from
    10/17/16 10/24/16 10/31/16   week ago year ago
California   2.805 2.798 2.824   values are up 0.026 values are up 0.007
Colorado   2.164 2.160 2.155   values are down -0.005 values are up 0.039
Florida   2.229 2.215 2.190   values are down -0.025 values are up 0.146
Massachusetts   2.204 2.202 2.202   no change 0.000 values are up 0.103
Minnesota   2.155 2.124 2.088   values are down -0.036 values are down -0.160
New York   2.302 2.332 2.334   values are up 0.002 values are up 0.067
Ohio   2.140 2.029 2.037   values are up 0.008 values are down -0.319
Texas   2.015 2.050 2.043   values are down -0.007 values are up 0.132
Washington   2.670 2.698 2.696   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.322
Cities
Boston   2.208 2.205 2.203   values are down -0.002 values are up 0.105
Chicago   2.291 2.274 2.172   values are down -0.102 values are down -0.240
Cleveland   2.144 2.023 2.019   values are down -0.004 values are down -0.294
Denver   2.141 2.141 2.136   values are down -0.005 values are up 0.043
Houston   1.996 2.003 1.969   values are down -0.034 values are up 0.109
Los Angeles   2.862 2.845 2.914   values are up 0.069 values are up 0.004
Miami   2.439 2.429 2.414   values are down -0.015 values are up 0.068
New York City   2.182 2.201 2.200   values are down -0.001 values are up 0.101
San Francisco   2.815 2.815 2.798   values are down -0.017 values are down -0.022
Seattle   2.698 2.704 2.699   values are down -0.005 values are up 0.276

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  10/17/16 10/24/16 10/31/16   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.481 2.478 2.479   values are up 0.001 values are down -0.006
East Coast (PADD1) 2.472 2.468 2.475   values are up 0.007 values are down -0.017
  New England (PADD1A) 2.477 2.485 2.502   values are up 0.017 values are down -0.044
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.579 2.581 2.583   values are up 0.002 values are down -0.021
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.389 2.378 2.388   values are up 0.010 values are down -0.008
Midwest (PADD2) 2.458 2.451 2.443   values are down -0.008 values are down -0.073
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.357 2.353 2.353   no change 0.000 values are up 0.063
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.546 2.550 2.541   values are down -0.009 values are up 0.044
West Coast (PADD5) 2.742 2.747 2.766   values are up 0.019 values are up 0.069
  West Coast less California 2.635 2.645 2.655   values are up 0.010 values are up 0.106
  California 2.828 2.828 2.855   values are up 0.027 values are up 0.038
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:

What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (September 2016) Retail Price: $2.22/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 2016) Retail Price: $2.39/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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