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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
  01/16/17 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 2.326 0.028 0.306
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.066 0.023 0.330
New England (PADD 1A) 3.095 0.012 0.355
Connecticut 2.904 0.017 0.432
Maine 2.479 0.039 0.275
Massachusetts 3.018 0.033 0.150
New Hampshire 3.411 -0.024 0.517
Rhode Island 3.566 0.081 0.223
Vermont 3.590 -0.016 0.483
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 3.023 0.021 0.357
Delaware 2.883 0.004 0.056
Maryland 2.917 0.020 0.236
New Jersey 3.550 0.018 0.246
New York 2.959 0.032 0.484
Pennsylvania 3.022 0.013 0.337
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 3.099 0.033 0.284
Florida 4.914 0.049 0.261
Georgia 2.282 0.034 0.229
North Carolina 2.646 0.029 0.304
Virginia 2.993 0.023 0.286
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.770 0.025 0.292
Illinois 1.619 0.012 0.275
Indiana 2.140 0.026 0.414
Iowa 1.198 0.016 0.189
Kansas 1.404 0.022 0.257
Kentucky 2.084 0.035 0.251
Michigan 1.965 0.033 0.201
Minnesota 1.551 0.008 0.228
Missouri 1.667 0.033 0.260
Nebraska 1.248 0.012 0.229
North Dakota 1.406 0.031 0.397
Ohio 2.666 0.055 0.510
Oklahoma 1.830 0.046 0.304
South Dakota 1.393 0.024 0.317
Tennessee 3.440 0.066 0.259
Wisconsin 1.596 0.016 0.375
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.289 0.034 0.077
Alabama 2.491 0.050 -0.148
Arkansas 2.189 0.055 0.174
Mississippi 2.149 0.028 0.095
Texas 2.307 0.018 0.180
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.389 0.078 0.544
Colorado 2.280 0.042 0.466
Idaho 2.698 0.135 0.544
Montana 2.200 0.135 0.623
Utah 2.853 0.038 0.555
Wholesale propane graphs
Wholesale Propane (dollars per gallon)more price data ›
    change from
  01/16/17 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 0.871 0.014 0.462
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.936 0.017 0.465
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 0.982 0.017 0.463
Maryland 1.012 0.044
New Jersey 1.052 0.020 0.461
New York 1.001 0.013 0.491
Pennsylvania 0.938 0.013 0.454
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 0.871 0.017 0.471
Georgia 0.812 0.008
North Carolina 0.838 0.009 0.457
Virginia 1.012 0.044 0.562
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.840 0.014 0.456
Illinois 0.843 0.025 0.453
Indiana 0.937 0.025 0.488
Iowa 0.797 0.009 0.432
Kansas 0.778 0.010 0.437
Kentucky 0.888 0.021
Michigan 0.842 0.012
Minnesota 0.826 0.011 0.437
Missouri 0.820 0.002 0.414
Nebraska 0.779 0.009 0.432
North Dakota 0.808 0.018 0.474
Ohio 0.903 0.018 0.457
Oklahoma 0.826 0.003
South Dakota 0.795 0.008 0.432
Wisconsin 0.843 0.010 0.447
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.839 0.010
Alabama 0.799 0.008
Arkansas 0.940 0.012
Mississippi 0.780 0.009
Texas 0.863 0.010
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.924 0.001
Colorado 0.924 0.001
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
  01/13/17 week ago year ago
Stocks 72.245 -7.414 -17.698
Production 1.629 -0.139 -0.055
Demand 1.915 0.324 0.534
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
  01/16/17 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 2.635 -0.007 0.521
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.643 -0.006 0.522
New England (PADD 1A) 2.596 0.000 0.544
Connecticut 2.784 -0.021 0.599
Maine 2.319 0.014 0.471
Massachusetts 2.677 -0.001 0.578
New Hampshire 2.466 0.029 0.419
Rhode Island 2.729 -0.007 0.615
Vermont 2.410 0.001 0.566
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 2.690 -0.013 0.505
Delaware 2.606 -0.016 0.306
Dist Columbia 3.346 -0.004 0.453
Maryland 2.690 0.012 0.367
New Jersey 2.767 -0.002 0.520
New York 2.887 -0.016 0.463
Pennsylvania 2.377 -0.019 0.588
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 2.432 0.009 0.313
North Carolina 2.386 0.008 0.301
Virginia 2.441 0.009 0.321
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.251 -0.031 0.566
Indiana 2.320 -0.016 0.596
Iowa 2.064 -0.001 0.650
Kentucky 2.188 -0.019 0.468
Michigan 2.268 -0.022 0.590
Minnesota 2.197 -0.008 0.538
Nebraska 2.022 -0.004 0.476
Ohio 2.238 -0.043 0.569
Wisconsin 2.212 -0.004 0.541
Wholesale heating oil graphs
Wholesale Heating Oil (dollars per gallon)more price data ›
    change from
  01/16/17 week ago year ago
U.S. Average 1.727 -0.045 0.730
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.728 -0.045 0.724
New England (PADD 1A) 1.756 -0.041 0.683
Connecticut 1.747 -0.041 0.716
Maine 1.757 -0.043 0.733
Massachusetts 1.762 -0.042 0.651
New Hampshire 1.712 -0.028 0.638
Rhode Island 1.727 -0.045 0.706
Vermont 1.903 -0.036 0.652
Central Atlantic (PADD 1B) 1.703 -0.048 0.735
Delaware 1.695 -0.032 0.730
Maryland 1.657 -0.047 0.728
New Jersey 1.680 -0.038 0.735
New York 1.726 -0.050 0.710
Pennsylvania 1.696 -0.052 0.749
Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C) 1.635 -0.055 0.690
North Carolina 1.628 -0.047 0.684
Virginia 1.636 -0.057 0.690
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.680 -0.066 0.719
Illinois 1.637 -0.065 0.714
Indiana 1.644 -0.064 0.646
Iowa 1.694 -0.022 0.726
Kansas 1.665 -0.020 0.729
Kentucky 1.622 -0.089 0.646
Michigan 1.656 -0.071 0.706
Minnesota 1.696 -0.028 0.728
Missouri 1.694 -0.019 0.736
Nebraska 1.688 -0.024 0.721
North Dakota 1.629 -0.031 0.753
Ohio 1.692 -0.079 0.727
South Dakota 1.730 -0.013 0.725
Wisconsin 1.698 -0.043 0.763
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
  01/13/17 week ago year ago
Stocks 169.1 -1.0 4.5
Production 4.713 -0.611 0.161
Demand 4.095 0.897 0.417
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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