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Date Published : January 12, 2010
Next Update : February 9, 2010
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Table 2. U.S. Energy Nominal Prices
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Crude Oil Prices
(Dollars per barrel) 		         
West Texas Intermediate Spot Average units View a Chart for this Series 41.44 56.49 66.02 72.32 99.57
Imported Average units View a Chart for this Series 35.89 48.89 59.05 67.19 92.61
Refiner Average Acquisition Cost units View a Chart for this Series 36.96 50.25 60.26 68.13 94.68
Liquid Fuels
(Cents per gallon) 		         
Refiner Prices for Resale          
Gasoline units View a Chart for this Series 128.7 167.0 196.6 218.1 258.4
Diesel Fuel units View a Chart for this Series 118.7 173.7 201.2 220.3 299.7
Heating Oil units View a Chart for this Series 112.5 162.3 183.4 207.3 274.6
Refiner Prices to End Users          
Jet Fuel units View a Chart for this Series 121.3 173.8 199.7 217.1 305.0
No. 6 Residual Fuela units View a Chart for this Series 74.0 105.8 122.4 138.7 199.6
Propane to Petrochemical Sector units View a Chart for this Series 72.9 89.7 99.6 116.8 138.8
Retail Prices Including Taxes          
Gasoline Regular Gradeb units View a Chart for this Series 185.1 227.1 257.6 280.6 325.7
Gasoline All Gradesb units View a Chart for this Series 189.4 231.5 262.2 285.3 331.0
On-highway Diesel Fuel units View a Chart for this Series 180.7 239.7 270.2 287.9 379.7
Heating Oil units View a Chart for this Series 162.2 215.4 248.3 272.1 337.9
Propane units View a Chart for this Series 151.5 176.2 197.6 214.9 251.4
Natural Gas
(Dollars per thousand cubic feet) 		         
Average Wellhead units View a Chart for this Series 5.45 7.26 6.39 6.38 8.08
Henry Hub Spot units View a Chart for this Series 6.08 9.10 6.94 7.18 9.12
End-Use Prices          
Industrial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 6.53 8.56 7.87 7.65 9.58
Commercial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 9.43 11.34 12.00 11.31 11.99
Residential Sector units View a Chart for this Series 10.75 12.70 13.73 13.03 13.67
Electricity          
Power Generation Fuel Costs
(Dollars per million Btu) 		         
Coal units View a Chart for this Series 1.36 1.54 1.69 1.77 2.07
Natural Gas units View a Chart for this Series 5.96 8.23 6.92 7.09 9.13
Residual Fuel Oilc units View a Chart for this Series 4.73 7.00 7.80 8.59 14.40
Distillate Fuel Oil units View a Chart for this Series 8.13 11.53 13.21 15.05 20.27
End-Use Prices
(Cents per kilowatthour) 		         
Industrial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 5.3 5.6 6.2 6.4 7.0
Commercial Sector units View a Chart for this Series 8.2 8.7 9.5 9.6 10.3
Residential Sector units View a Chart for this Series 8.9 9.4 10.4 10.7 11.4
a Average for all sulfur contents.
b Average self-service cash price.
c Includes fuel oils No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, and topped crude.
 
  - = no data available
  Notes: The approximate break between historical and forecast values is shown with historical data printed in bold; estimates and forecasts in italics.
  Prices exclude taxes unless otherwise noted.
  Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Petroleum Marketing Monthly, DOE/EIA-0380;
  Weekly Petroleum Status Report, DOE/EIA-0208; Natural Gas Monthly, DOE/EIA-0130; Electric Power Monthly, DOE/EIA-0226; and Monthly Energy Review, DOE/EIA-0035.
  Natural gas Henry Hub and WTI crude oil spot prices from Reuter's News Service (http://www.reuters.com).
  Minor discrepancies with published hstorical data are due to independent rounding.
  Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.