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Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update

Gasoline Release Date: December 19, 2016   |   Next Release Date: December 27, 2016
        Diesel Fuel Release Date: December 19, 2016   |   Next Release Date: December 27, 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
  12/05/16 12/12/16 12/19/16   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.208 2.236 2.264   values are up 0.028 values are up 0.238
East Coast (PADD1) 2.231 2.259 2.290   values are up 0.031 values are up 0.255
  New England (PADD1A) 2.236 2.257 2.281   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.201
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.340 2.363 2.378   values are up 0.015 values are up 0.263
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.147 2.181 2.226   values are up 0.045 values are up 0.264
Midwest (PADD2) 2.107 2.162 2.192   values are up 0.030 values are up 0.346
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 1.979 2.008 2.053   values are up 0.045 values are up 0.272
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.120 2.122 2.135   values are up 0.013 values are up 0.141
West Coast (PADD5) 2.571 2.556 2.563   values are up 0.007 values are down -0.007
  West Coast less California 2.380 2.368 2.377   values are up 0.009 values are up 0.094
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States
            Change from
    12/05/16 12/12/16 12/19/16   week ago year ago
California   2.682 2.666 2.670   values are up 0.004 values are down -0.066
Colorado   2.003 2.037 2.088   values are up 0.051 values are up 0.213
Florida   2.164 2.186 2.305   values are up 0.119 values are up 0.317
Massachusetts   2.188 2.207 2.232   values are up 0.025 values are up 0.190
Minnesota   2.053 2.040 2.118   values are up 0.078 values are up 0.265
New York   2.334 2.358 2.385   values are up 0.027 values are up 0.170
Ohio   2.151 2.219 2.320   values are up 0.101 values are up 0.540
Texas   1.964 1.988 2.049   values are up 0.061 values are up 0.260
Washington   2.533 2.512 2.527   values are up 0.015 values are up 0.136
Cities
Boston   2.182 2.202 2.226   values are up 0.024 values are up 0.188
Chicago   2.299 2.415 2.386   values are down -0.029 values are up 0.324
Cleveland   2.138 2.205 2.259   values are up 0.054 values are up 0.404
Denver   1.991 2.016 2.060   values are up 0.044 values are up 0.191
Houston   1.908 1.923 1.973   values are up 0.050 values are up 0.249
Los Angeles   2.750 2.714 2.726   values are up 0.012 values are down -0.157
Miami   2.368 2.428 2.470   values are up 0.042 values are up 0.163
New York City   2.322 2.345 2.364   values are up 0.019 values are up 0.313
San Francisco   2.698 2.706 2.715   values are up 0.009 values are down -0.001
Seattle   2.566 2.574 2.577   values are up 0.003 values are up 0.124

 

U.S. On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices*  (dollars per gallon)full history
          Change from
  12/05/16 12/12/16 12/19/16   week ago year ago
U.S. 2.480 2.493 2.527   values are up 0.034 values are up 0.243
East Coast (PADD1) 2.499 2.520 2.559   values are up 0.039 values are up 0.241
  New England (PADD1A) 2.526 2.547 2.587   values are up 0.040 values are up 0.190
  Central Atlantic (PADD1B) 2.602 2.633 2.667   values are up 0.034 values are up 0.229
  Lower Atlantic (PADD1C) 2.415 2.429 2.470   values are up 0.041 values are up 0.260
Midwest (PADD2) 2.431 2.446 2.479   values are up 0.033 values are up 0.252
Gulf Coast (PADD3) 2.361 2.371 2.410   values are up 0.039 values are up 0.229
Rocky Mountain (PADD4) 2.457 2.447 2.495   values are up 0.048 values are up 0.191
West Coast (PADD5) 2.770 2.772 2.788   values are up 0.016 values are up 0.283
  West Coast less California 2.679 2.690 2.705   values are up 0.015 values are up 0.332
  California 2.843 2.837 2.854   values are up 0.017 values are up 0.243
*prices include all taxes

What we pay for in a gallon of:

What We Pay For In A Gallon Of Regular Gasoline (November 2016) Retail Price: $2.18/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 (November 2016) Retail Price: $2.44/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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