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Heating Oil and Propane Update


Weekly heating oil and propane prices are only collected during the heating season, which extends from October through March.

Residential propane graphs
Residential Propane (dollars per gallon)more price data ›
    change from
  12/19/16 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 2.188 0.031 0.200
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.939 0.022 0.239
New England (PADD 1A) 3.018 0.023 0.348
Connecticut 2.812 0.010 0.332
Maine 2.365 0.009 0.176
Massachusetts 2.952 0.037 0.177
New Hampshire 3.351 0.026 0.539
Rhode Island 3.366 0.001 0.098
Vermont 3.550 0.027 0.582
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.871 0.039 0.229
Delaware 2.778 0.028 -0.009
Maryland 2.810 0.038 0.156
New Jersey 3.355 0.076 0.111
New York 2.798 0.042 0.363
Pennsylvania 2.869 0.030 0.180
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.969 0.003 0.183
Florida 4.760 0.010 0.215
Georgia 2.122 0.009 0.087
North Carolina 2.535 -0.013 0.210
Virginia 2.884 0.021 0.157
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.632 0.037 0.182
Illinois 1.498 0.034 0.169
Indiana 1.959 0.050 0.320
Iowa 1.102 0.030 0.112
Kansas 1.277 0.021 0.135
Kentucky 1.974 0.019 0.183
Michigan 1.847 0.031 0.107
Minnesota 1.441 0.030 0.139
Missouri 1.486 0.027 0.108
Nebraska 1.164 0.028 0.130
North Dakota 1.256 0.092 0.249
Ohio 2.423 0.043 0.344
Oklahoma 1.708 0.062 0.183
South Dakota 1.273 0.053 0.196
Tennessee 3.211 -0.024 0.122
Wisconsin 1.470 0.046 0.262
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.183 0.024 0.000
Alabama 2.408 0.026 -0.149
Arkansas 2.063 0.038 0.101
Mississippi 1.999 0.013 -0.046
Texas 2.226 0.023 0.096
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.134 0.063 0.320
Colorado 2.118 0.038 0.342
Idaho 2.325 0.063 0.264
Montana 1.821 0.104 0.256
Utah 2.642 0.066 0.343
Wholesale propane graphs
Wholesale Propane (dollars per gallon)more price data ›
    change from
  12/19/16 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 0.770 0.021 0.348
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.820 0.027 0.302
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.849 0.029 0.292
Maryland 0.873 0.063
New Jersey 0.948 0.028 0.335
New York 0.857 0.032 0.308
Pennsylvania 0.812 0.017 0.282
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.779 0.023 0.318
Georgia 0.735 0.011
North Carolina 0.760 0.011 0.317
Virginia 0.873 0.063 0.366
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.743 0.018 0.359
Illinois 0.737 0.015 0.385
Indiana 0.825 0.023 0.369
Iowa 0.711 0.009 0.323
Kansas 0.690 0.012 0.338
Kentucky 0.780 0.010
Michigan 0.725 0.012
Minnesota 0.735 0.016 0.355
Missouri 0.743 0.017 0.325
Nebraska 0.694 0.009 0.325
North Dakota 0.710 0.054 0.418
Ohio 0.800 0.030 0.375
Oklahoma 0.743 0.037
South Dakota 0.710 0.008 0.325
Wisconsin 0.754 0.016 0.343
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.760 0.028
Alabama 0.722 0.011
Arkansas 0.820 0.025
Mississippi 0.705 0.012
Texas 0.799 0.052
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.828 0.012
Colorado 0.828 0.012
Note: 10 new states were added to the wholesale propane price survey in 2016. This should be taken into consideration when comparing the average prices for last year (2015-2016 season) for the U.S., PADD 1, PADD 1B, PADD 1C, and PADD 2 averages.
Price in dollars per gallon, excluding taxes. Values shown on the graph and corresponding data pages for the previous week may be revised to account for late submissions and corrections.
Propane supply graphs
U.S. Propane Supply more supply data ›
    change from
  12/16/16 week ago year ago
Stocks 92.539 -3.084 -5.099
Production 1.698 -0.031 0.001
Demand 1.453 -0.050 0.127
Note: Stocks in millions of barrels. Production and Demand in millions of barrels per day.
*Demand = Product Supplied; approximately represents consumption of petroleum products because it measures the disappearance of these products from primary sources.
Residential heating oil graphs
Residential Heating Oil (dollars per gallon)more price data ›
    change from
  12/19/16 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 2.571 0.040 0.361
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.576 0.039 0.360
New England (PADD 1A) 2.518 0.047 0.364
Connecticut 2.713 0.079 0.433
Maine 2.219 0.042 0.297
Massachusetts 2.610 0.039 0.405
New Hampshire 2.384 0.025 0.238
Rhode Island 2.668 0.029 0.422
Vermont 2.302 0.040 0.306
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.635 0.032 0.361
Delaware 2.509 0.008 0.117
Dist Columbia 3.324 0.043 0.363
Maryland 2.617 0.039 0.174
New Jersey 2.707 0.033 0.361
New York 2.842 0.022 0.350
Pennsylvania 2.318 0.047 0.423
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.356 0.017 0.134
North Carolina 2.302 0.016 0.060
Virginia 2.367 0.018 0.146
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.256 0.066 0.422
Indiana 2.280 0.058 0.423
Iowa 1.989 0.041 0.337
Kentucky 2.175 0.070 0.394
Michigan 2.235 0.036 0.437
Minnesota 2.049 0.043 0.204
Nebraska 2.048 0.014 0.188
Ohio 2.271 0.071 0.437
Wisconsin 2.201 0.056 0.411
Wholesale heating oil graphs
Wholesale Heating Oil (dollars per gallon)more price data ›
    change from
  12/19/16 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 1.740 0.024 0.599
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.741 0.024 0.598
New England (PADD 1A) 1.761 0.023 0.546
Connecticut 1.752 0.019 0.571
Maine 1.775 0.043 0.593
Massachusetts 1.770 0.017 0.518
New Hampshire 1.687 -0.001 0.500
Rhode Island 1.746 0.024 0.587
Vermont 1.882 0.046 0.515
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 1.722 0.024 0.618
Delaware 1.703 0.036 0.592
Maryland 1.699 0.022 0.628
New Jersey 1.695 0.018 0.616
New York 1.744 0.022 0.587
Pennsylvania 1.714 0.032 0.638
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 1.675 0.027 0.581
North Carolina 1.652 0.013 0.570
Virginia 1.679 0.029 0.578
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.697 0.040 0.567
Illinois 1.648 0.041 0.573
Indiana 1.671 0.035 0.548
Iowa 1.671 0.040 0.538
Kansas 1.641 0.035 0.536
Kentucky 1.644 0.014 0.510
Michigan 1.678 0.044 0.552
Minnesota 1.695 0.052 0.574
Missouri 1.665 0.031 0.542
Nebraska 1.665 0.036 0.534
North Dakota 1.566 0.067 0.390
Ohio 1.722 0.043 0.561
South Dakota 1.681 0.052 0.491
Wisconsin 1.674 0.051 0.584
Note: Price in dollars per gallon, excluding taxes. Values shown on the graph and corresponding data pages for the previous week may be revised to account for late submissions and corrections.
Distillate supply graphs
U.S. Distillate Supply more supply data ›
    change from
  12/16/16 week ago year ago
Stocks 153.5 -2.4 2.2
Production 5.122 0.113 0.184
Demand 4.549 0.519 0.553
Note: Stocks in millions of barrels. Production and Demand in millions of barrels per day.
*Demand = Product Supplied; approximately represents consumption of petroleum products because it measures the disappearance of these products from primary sources.

Release Schedule: The data are published weekly and are updated every Wednesday after 1:00 p.m. (Eastern time). For weeks that include Monday holidays, publication is delayed by one day.

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