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Summary Excerpt:

U.S. Heating Oil and Propane Prices
(Dollars per Gallon) 3/30/2020

Heating Oil Residential
2.421 .. U.S.
2.440 .. East Coast
2.010 .. Midwest
Heating Oil Wholesale
1.172 .. U.S.
1.172 .. East Coast
1.192 .. Midwest
Propane Residential
1.869 .. U.S.
2.544 .. East Coast
1.460 .. Midwest
2.119 .. Gulf Coast
1.616 .. Rocky Mountain
Propane Wholesale
0.433 .. U.S.
0.530 .. East Coast
0.389 .. Midwest
0.389 .. Gulf Coast
0.399 .. Rocky Mountain

U.S. Distillate and Propane/Propylene Stocks
(Millions of Barrels) 3/27/2020

122.2 ... Distillate Stocks
64.668 .. Propane/Propylene Stocks

U.S. Distillate and Propane/Propylene Production and Demand
(Millions of Barrels per Day) 3/27/2020

Distillate
4.966 ..Production
3.907 ..Demand
Propane/Propylene
2.100 ..Production
1.352 ..Demand

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Summary Excerpt:

Regular Gasoline Retail Price
(Dollars per Gallon)
1.789 .. U.S.
1.794 ... East Coast
1.825 .... New England
1.983 .... Central Atlantic
1.665 .... Lower Atlantic
1.573 ... Midwest
1.488 ... Gulf Coast
1.772 ... Rocky Mountain
2.441 ... West Coast
2.208 ... West Coast less California

States
2.635 .... California
1.650 .... Colorado
1.740 .... Florida
1.844 .... Massachusetts
1.516 .... Minnesota
2.045 .... New York
1.576 .... Ohio
1.429 .... Texas
2.228 .... Washington

Cities
1.888 .... Boston
1.917 .... Chicago
1.589 .... Cleveland
1.613 .... Denver
1.519 .... Houston
2.633 .... Los Angeles
1.818 .... Miami
1.960 .... New York City
2.735 .... San Francisco
2.531 .... Seattle


On-Highway Diesel Fuel Retail Price
(Dollars per Gallon)
2.399 .. U.S.
2.510 ... East Coast
2.652 .... New England
2.688 .... Central Atlantic
2.360 .... Lower Atlantic
2.248 ... Midwest
2.169 ... Gulf Coast
2.370 ... Rocky Mountain
2.899 ... West Coast
2.545 ... West Coast less California
3.191 .... California

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