Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) ________________________________________________________________________________ | | Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |___________________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |____________________________________________________| Sales | | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Through | Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| Retail | End |Average| | Consumers | |Outlets(1)|Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|__________|________|_______|______ United States January......... 76.6 82.7 84.1 83.7 81.2 71.0 February........ 74.9 81.6 81.9 82.5 79.3 68.8 March........... 69.0 74.8 76.5 76.7 73.7 64.0 April........... 67.7 74.4 75.5 77.0 72.8 63.2 May............. 66.4 72.0 74.5 76.3 71.8 61.8 June............ 62.9 68.7 72.2 73.9 69.1 57.7 July............ 61.7 67.7 70.5 72.5 67.7 56.9 August.......... 64.4 69.8 71.9 74.2 69.6 59.9 September....... 63.5 70.3 71.4 74.2 68.9 58.7 October......... 67.2 72.3 73.8 77.2 71.9 62.9 November........ 67.5 72.0 74.0 76.3 71.9 63.0 December........ 62.9 66.9 70.9 71.4 67.8 56.7 1997 Average........ 67.0 72.2 74.5 76.0 71.9 61.9 PAD District I January......... 77.4 83.0 85.2 79.3 81.1 72.1 February........ 73.2 79.4 81.1 75.5 77.1 67.0 March........... 66.6 72.7 75.3 69.0 70.7 60.4 April........... 66.0 72.3 74.0 67.3 70.1 60.3 May............. 65.6 72.5 72.9 67.6 69.5 59.9 June............ 62.0 68.4 71.4 65.3 66.9 56.0 July............ 62.0 68.6 70.1 65.3 66.4 56.4 August.......... 63.4 68.1 71.1 65.6 67.4 57.9 September....... 62.3 69.0 70.5 65.8 66.3 56.6 October......... 66.4 71.8 72.8 69.2 69.7 61.1 November........ 66.1 70.2 72.6 68.0 69.2 60.0 December........ 62.7 65.9 70.3 64.4 66.2 55.5 1997 Average........ 66.2 71.5 73.7 68.9 69.9 60.2 Subdistrict IA January......... 82.5 94.4 95.6 81.9 86.3 76.1 February........ 76.9 88.5 93.2 NA 81.9 69.0 March........... 71.8 83.3 87.0 NA 77.2 62.1 April........... 71.5 85.4 85.1 NA 76.7 63.6 May............. 70.4 82.4 83.6 NA 75.2 61.6 June............ 68.1 78.5 81.7 NA 72.9 58.0 July............ 66.8 81.1 80.1 NA 71.9 58.0 August.......... 68.7 80.0 80.5 NA 72.9 59.9 September....... 66.7 79.5 80.6 67.0 71.5 58.3 October......... 70.8 81.8 81.6 NA 74.7 62.5 November........ 69.6 84.3 81.6 NA 74.2 62.5 December........ 67.8 83.5 80.8 NA 72.6 58.4 1997 Average........ 71.3 83.3 83.9 NA 75.7 61.9 Subdistrict IB January......... 78.7 86.8 88.4 83.8 82.9 73.4 February........ 73.9 82.1 85.0 78.1 78.6 67.3 March........... 66.5 75.6 75.5 71.4 70.9 60.5 April........... 67.1 76.3 74.5 72.5 70.9 62.0 May............. 66.7 75.5 73.9 75.1 70.6 60.9 June............ 62.1 70.8 71.9 69.0 66.8 56.4 July............ 62.4 71.0 71.2 69.9 66.7 56.9 August.......... 63.7 71.6 71.5 70.5 67.6 58.2 September....... 62.5 73.2 70.7 69.5 66.6 56.7 October......... 66.4 74.0 74.0 73.6 70.1 61.2 November........ 66.3 75.5 73.3 72.8 69.9 60.1 December........ 63.2 70.9 71.2 68.6 67.1 56.2 1997 Average........ 66.4 75.2 74.4 73.3 70.4 60.5 ________________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) - Continued _____________________________________________________________________ | | High-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |_________________________________________| Sales | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| End |Average| | Consumers | |Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|________|_______|______ United States January......... 73.8 80.7 83.7 78.2 69.4 February........ 71.5 76.8 81.7 75.4 66.5 March........... 67.0 71.7 76.6 70.6 60.9 April........... 65.8 71.0 77.4 70.6 60.6 May............. 65.1 70.5 76.3 69.9 59.1 June............ 62.6 67.6 73.0 66.9 56.1 July............ 61.9 66.5 71.4 65.9 55.1 August.......... 63.9 68.4 72.7 67.5 58.0 September....... 63.7 68.1 73.2 67.5 57.9 October......... 66.8 71.1 76.3 70.8 61.0 November........ 67.1 71.2 74.9 70.2 59.9 December........ 61.1 67.7 70.0 64.9 54.9 1997 Average........ 65.9 70.8 75.3 69.8 60.2 PAD District I January......... 77.4 81.8 85.3 81.3 70.9 February........ 73.4 75.4 82.8 76.7 64.5 March........... 69.3 71.2 76.4 71.4 57.6 April........... 68.0 69.7 75.7 70.3 57.9 May............. 67.7 70.5 74.0 70.3 58.8 June............ 65.0 67.7 73.4 67.9 55.3 July............ 65.0 NA 71.6 67.0 55.4 August.......... 66.5 67.9 72.4 68.2 57.8 September....... 67.2 67.5 73.0 68.7 56.2 October......... 70.1 70.2 74.7 71.3 60.9 November........ 69.6 69.7 74.7 70.8 59.3 December........ 63.9 67.1 70.5 66.1 53.9 1997 Average........ 68.6 69.9 75.4 70.7 59.4 Subdistrict IA January......... 89.5 101.4 93.6 91.9 W February........ 86.0 98.5 87.1 87.9 65.3 March........... NA 95.1 84.3 NA W April........... 68.7 90.7 78.4 71.6 60.8 May............. 67.2 85.6 78.7 69.9 60.2 June............ 66.7 84.1 79.6 69.3 56.1 July............ NA 82.4 77.6 NA 57.3 August.......... 66.8 79.1 NA 68.8 58.2 September....... 66.3 76.6 77.5 68.3 55.4 October......... 67.3 77.5 79.6 69.5 60.6 November........ 67.2 79.2 82.5 69.5 59.7 December........ 65.1 79.6 81.4 68.3 53.3 1997 Average........ 68.7 83.7 82.9 71.6 58.7 Subdistrict IB January......... 78.6 84.8 92.0 81.7 71.6 February........ 75.0 81.1 90.7 78.1 64.4 March........... 68.2 72.3 82.8 70.6 56.9 April........... 68.3 71.3 78.6 70.7 58.5 May............. 68.6 73.7 77.3 71.2 59.2 June............ 66.9 69.0 76.3 68.9 55.8 July............ 66.9 68.1 74.1 68.4 53.4 August.......... 67.3 67.3 74.5 68.4 57.6 September....... 66.3 65.9 72.1 67.2 55.5 October......... 68.9 70.6 76.0 70.5 59.5 November........ 68.4 70.9 76.9 70.0 58.7 December........ 64.4 68.2 75.3 66.4 54.3 1997 Average........ 69.0 71.9 77.8 71.0 60.5 _____________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) - Continued ________________________________________________________________________________ | | Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |___________________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |____________________________________________________| Sales | | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Through | Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| Retail | End |Average| | Consumers | |Outlets(1)|Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|__________|________|_______|______ Subdistrict IC January......... 74.7 78.4 83.0 76.7 79.1 70.5 February........ 71.5 75.7 78.6 73.8 75.4 66.4 March........... 65.4 69.0 73.6 68.3 69.3 59.9 April........... 63.7 67.6 72.7 65.3 68.6 58.4 May............. 63.4 68.4 71.3 64.2 67.7 58.7 June............ 60.2 65.2 70.0 63.2 65.9 55.1 July............ 60.1 NA 68.5 62.7 65.1 55.5 August.......... 61.7 65.0 69.9 63.6 66.3 57.2 September....... 60.8 66.2 69.1 63.8 65.1 55.9 October......... 65.4 69.3 70.9 66.7 68.3 60.6 November........ 64.8 66.3 71.0 65.6 67.8 59.4 December........ 60.8 61.6 68.4 61.7 64.3 54.2 1997 Average........ 64.4 67.6 72.2 66.7 68.6 59.5 PAD District II January......... 74.0 81.1 82.1 86.8 79.7 69.8 February........ 72.1 78.6 79.6 84.0 77.4 67.7 March........... 67.4 73.8 75.2 78.6 73.3 63.0 April........... 66.4 72.5 74.8 80.5 72.9 63.3 May............. 66.9 72.6 74.9 80.6 73.5 64.2 June............ 62.5 69.3 72.2 77.9 70.1 58.6 July............ 61.1 67.9 70.2 75.3 68.4 57.2 August.......... 62.5 69.2 71.1 76.5 69.4 58.9 September....... 61.8 67.1 69.8 76.2 68.4 57.6 October......... 66.0 70.8 73.2 79.6 72.3 62.5 November........ 66.0 70.8 73.2 78.4 71.7 61.7 December........ 60.3 65.2 69.6 73.8 67.1 54.6 1997 Average........ 65.5 71.4 73.5 78.5 71.7 61.4 PAD District III January......... 72.2 76.8 82.3 79.0 78.4 68.6 February........ 68.7 72.4 79.3 75.4 75.2 65.4 March........... 64.0 69.1 72.2 71.5 69.4 59.1 April........... 62.9 68.3 70.3 70.5 68.1 57.7 May............. 62.8 68.6 69.5 71.1 68.0 58.0 June............ 59.9 65.0 67.7 69.4 65.8 54.3 July............ 61.1 64.5 66.7 69.3 65.6 54.5 August.......... 61.9 66.9 67.7 69.8 66.6 56.4 September....... 60.2 67.2 67.2 68.8 65.6 54.9 October......... 64.2 69.1 69.2 70.5 68.2 60.6 November........ 64.4 68.3 69.4 71.3 68.4 60.2 December........ 60.0 63.0 66.4 67.1 64.5 55.1 1997 Average........ 63.4 67.5 70.2 70.6 68.2 58.8 PAD District IV January......... 81.0 85.0 88.3 90.7 86.5 74.8 February........ 81.1 84.5 86.0 89.9 85.3 74.9 March........... 79.6 83.3 85.2 88.9 84.1 73.9 April........... 76.6 83.0 84.8 88.5 83.6 74.6 May............. 79.5 81.3 83.2 87.1 82.7 73.7 June............ 76.6 77.3 79.3 83.1 79.4 68.1 July............ 70.4 74.2 76.6 80.1 75.6 63.8 August.......... 71.1 74.6 78.1 83.2 77.4 66.0 September....... 72.6 76.1 80.7 83.3 78.8 66.4 October......... 74.9 78.5 81.9 85.3 80.5 69.8 November........ 77.2 81.4 84.7 87.5 83.0 73.2 December........ 73.7 77.7 81.5 82.2 79.2 66.9 1997 Average........ 75.9 79.5 82.2 85.1 81.0 70.2 ________________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) - Continued _____________________________________________________________________ | | High-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |_________________________________________| Sales | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| End |Average| | Consumers | |Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|________|_______|______ Subdistrict IC January......... 75.6 80.2 84.1 80.7 69.9 February........ 71.6 73.6 NA 75.8 64.5 March........... 69.9 70.9 75.5 71.6 57.8 April........... 67.8 69.3 74.9 70.1 57.1 May............. 67.2 69.7 73.1 70.0 58.5 June............ 63.4 67.3 72.5 67.3 55.1 July............ 63.8 NA 70.8 66.4 55.8 August.......... 65.8 67.8 71.8 68.1 57.7 September....... 68.0 67.6 73.1 69.3 56.5 October......... 71.1 70.0 74.4 71.7 61.4 November........ 70.6 69.2 74.2 71.2 59.4 December........ 63.5 66.5 69.3 65.8 54.2 1997 Average........ 68.3 69.3 74.7 70.5 59.2 PAD District II January......... 71.7 82.1 86.7 77.4 69.7 February........ 70.2 79.3 84.1 75.3 67.2 March........... 63.7 74.0 78.0 69.8 61.9 April........... 64.8 72.6 79.0 71.8 62.9 May............. 65.5 73.2 80.5 72.1 64.5 June............ 62.2 69.2 75.2 68.2 59.2 July............ 60.9 68.0 73.2 66.7 57.5 August.......... 61.7 68.9 74.1 67.2 59.4 September....... 61.5 68.6 74.9 68.0 58.5 October......... 65.1 71.7 78.4 71.6 63.4 November........ 64.8 71.9 76.7 70.1 62.3 December........ 58.3 67.4 69.4 63.5 55.7 1997 Average........ 64.3 72.1 77.0 70.1 62.3 PAD District III January......... 70.4 77.6 77.0 73.7 67.0 February........ 65.8 72.4 73.9 69.5 62.7 March........... 61.0 65.6 71.3 65.1 55.1 April........... 59.3 65.2 73.0 65.5 55.0 May............. 61.1 65.1 72.0 66.5 55.7 June............ 58.5 62.2 68.6 63.3 52.9 July............ 58.1 62.2 68.8 63.5 52.8 August.......... 57.9 64.0 69.4 63.6 54.3 September....... 57.7 62.8 68.2 62.1 53.4 October......... 60.6 67.2 71.9 65.8 57.7 November........ 60.9 66.8 69.3 64.6 56.7 December........ 58.0 63.9 65.2 60.9 52.2 1997 Average........ 61.1 66.5 70.6 65.4 56.4 PAD District IV January......... 71.4 NA 93.0 77.1 71.9 February........ 71.3 NA 90.0 76.5 74.2 March........... 71.7 87.3 87.9 76.5 77.3 April........... 72.4 86.2 88.9 78.8 76.1 May............. 72.4 84.1 85.3 77.9 73.6 June............ 68.0 77.8 80.6 73.2 67.2 July............ 65.0 75.9 77.3 70.3 61.9 August.......... 66.5 81.9 78.7 73.5 66.7 September....... 68.0 82.3 81.3 74.5 70.3 October......... 70.5 85.7 84.7 76.8 72.6 November........ 75.1 87.3 87.8 80.2 77.1 December........ 68.7 82.8 NA 73.5 69.2 1997 Average........ 70.1 83.2 83.5 75.6 71.3 _____________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) - Continued ________________________________________________________________________________ | | Low-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |___________________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |____________________________________________________| Sales | | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Through | Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| Retail | End |Average| | Consumers | |Outlets(1)|Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|__________|________|_______|______ PAD District V January......... 82.6 86.5 89.5 88.0 86.0 74.9 February........ 86.4 89.5 93.7 91.2 89.8 79.7 March........... 79.3 81.0 90.6 83.1 83.4 74.6 April........... 76.5 80.0 88.8 81.6 81.0 72.1 May............. 66.3 70.7 82.0 73.5 72.1 62.5 June............ 64.3 70.8 79.1 70.5 70.5 60.5 July............ 60.6 67.6 77.7 NA 67.4 58.1 August.......... 70.6 75.8 83.3 79.9 76.4 67.8 September....... 70.2 77.1 85.2 81.3 76.6 67.6 October......... 72.1 76.3 85.1 80.0 77.4 68.2 November........ 73.9 77.5 86.2 84.5 79.1 71.2 December........ 67.2 71.1 82.4 75.7 72.9 62.2 1997 Average........ 72.5 77.1 85.6 80.9 78.0 67.9 ________________________________________________________________________________ See footnotes at end of table. Table 41. No. 2 Diesel Fuel Prices by Sulfur Content, Sales Type, and PAD District (Cents per Gallon Excluding Taxes) - Continued _____________________________________________________________________ | | High-Sulfur Diesel Fuel |________________________________________________ | | Geographic Area | Sales to End Users | Month |_________________________________________| Sales | | | | | for | Commercial/ |Industrial| Other | |Resale |Institutional| Consumers| End |Average| | Consumers | |Users(2)| | ____________________|_____________|__________|________|_______|______ PAD District V January......... 77.6 81.1 83.9 81.2 72.4 February........ 78.6 81.0 85.5 81.9 76.6 March........... 73.5 77.7 81.4 77.0 71.0 April........... 67.8 76.7 83.0 73.9 67.1 May............. 61.1 67.9 77.4 65.9 58.9 June............ 60.5 67.9 73.6 64.3 59.2 July............ 60.6 64.4 71.0 63.8 56.9 August.......... 68.4 69.5 74.7 70.2 63.9 September....... 66.7 70.7 76.3 69.8 66.1 October......... 69.5 71.7 77.7 72.5 65.1 November........ 71.1 74.1 75.7 73.5 64.8 December........ 62.1 69.7 75.7 67.8 61.2 1997 Average........ 68.0 73.0 78.4 72.0 65.1 _____________________________________________________________________ NA = Not available. W = Withheld to avoid disclosure of individual company data. 1 Includes low-sulfur diesel fuel only with the exception of Alaska, which currently is exempt from the Clean Air Act's diesel fuel sulfur content requirement. 2 All end-user sales not included in the other end-user categories shown, e.g., sales to agricultural customers or utilities. Notes: Some State data are not sufficient for publication individually, but are used in calculating the PAD District average. Notes: Values shown for the current month are preliminary. Values shown for previous months are revised. Data are final upon publication in the Petroleum Marketing Annual. Sources: Energy Information Administration Forms EIA-782A, "Refiners'/Gas Plant Operators' Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report," and EIA-782B, "Resellers'/Retailers' Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report."