10/9/2019 Heating Oil and Propane Update - Energy Information Administration

Petroleum & Other Liquids

Heating Oil and Propane Update
Release Date: October 9, 2019 | Next Release Date: October 17, 2019

Notice: On October 7, 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) implemented new samples based on methodological
changes to improve the accuracy of its estimated weekly retail prices of residential No. 2 heating oil and propane. These
methodological changes include

Updated sampling frames based exclusively at the outlet level

New sampling and estimation methodologies
Publication of standard errors for the weekly price estimates

EIA will monitor the results from this sample and the performance of the methods.

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

RESIDENTIAL PROPANE (dollars per gallon) more price data ›

change from
10/07/19 week ago year ago

U.S. Average 1.855 -0.534

East Coast (PADD 2.547 -0.657
1)
New England 2.671 -0.521
(PADD 1A)

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change from
10/07/19 week ago year ago
Central Atlantic 2.433 -0.790
(PADD 1B)
Lower Atlantic 2.555 -0.637
(PADD 1C)
Midwest (PADD 1.432 -0.327
2)
Gulf Coast 2.053 -0.388
(PADD 3)
Rocky Mountain 1.507 -0.557
(PADD 4)

WHOLESALE PROPANE (dollars per gallon) more price data ›

change from
10/07/19 week ago year ago

U.S. Average 0.584 -0.431

East Coast (PADD 0.657 -0.505
1)
Central Atlantic 0.696 -0.549
(PADD 1B)
Lower Atlantic 0.601 -0.435
(PADD 1C)
Midwest (PADD 0.550 -0.396
2)
Gulf Coast 0.554 -0.529
(PADD 3)

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.
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change from
10/07/19 week ago year ago
Rocky Mountain 0.554 -0.395
(PADD 4)

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.

U.S. PROPANE/PROPYLENE SUPPLY more supply data ›

change from
10/04/19 week ago year ago

Stocks 100.773 0.132 20.512

Production 2.127 -0.022 0.103
Demand 1.088 -0.036 -0.175

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.

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RESIDENTIAL HEATING OIL (dollars per gallon) more price data ›

change from
10/07/19 week ago year ago

U.S. Average 2.947 -0.405

East Coast (PADD 2.960 -0.395
1)
New England 2.860 -0.416
(PADD 1A)
Central Atlantic 3.070 -0.362
(PADD 1B)
Lower Atlantic 2.764 -0.220
(PADD 1C)
Midwest (PADD 2.687 -0.283
2)

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WHOLESALE HEATING OIL (dollars per gallon) more price data ›

change from
10/07/19 week ago year ago

U.S. Average 1.990 -0.484

East Coast (PADD 1.990 -0.484
1)
New England 2.001 -0.488
(PADD 1A)
Central Atlantic 1.980 -0.482
(PADD 1B)
Lower Atlantic 1.945 -0.452
(PADD 1C)
Midwest (PADD 2.044 -0.476
2)

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.

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U.S. DISTILLATE SUPPLY more supply data ›

change from
10/04/19 week ago year ago

Stocks 127.3 -3.9 -6.1

Production 4.835 0.022 -0.193
Demand 4.036 0.077 -0.592

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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