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Date Published : November 10, 2009
Next Update : December 8, 2009
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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

View Chart for this Series 41.44 56.49 66.02 72.32 99.57

Imported Average

View Chart for this Series 35.89 48.89 59.05 67.19 92.61

Refiner Average Acquisition Cost

View Chart for this Series 36.96 50.25 60.26 68.13 94.68

Liquid Fuels
(Cents per gallon)

         

Refiner Prices for Resale

         

Gasoline

View Chart for this Series 129 167 197 218 258

Diesel Fuel

View Chart for this Series 119 174 201 220 300

Heating Oil

View Chart for this Series 113 162 183 207 275

Refiner Prices to End Users

         

Jet Fuel

View Chart for this Series 121 174 200 217 305

No. 6 Residual Fuela

View Chart for this Series 74 106 122 139 200

Propane to Petrochemical Sector

View Chart for this Series 73 90 100 117 139

Retail Prices Including Taxes

         

Gasoline Regular Gradeb

View Chart for this Series 185 227 258 281 326

Gasoline All Gradesb

View Chart for this Series 189 231 262 285 331

On-highway Diesel Fuel

View Chart for this Series 181 240 270 288 380

Heating Oil

View Chart for this Series 162 215 248 272 338

Propane

View Chart for this Series 152 176 198 215 251

Natural Gas
(Dollars per thousand cubic feet)

         

Average Wellhead

View Chart for this Series 5.45 7.26 6.39 6.38 8.08

Henry Hub Spot

View Chart for this Series 6.08 9.10 6.94 7.18 9.12

End-Use Prices

         

Industrial Sector

View Chart for this Series 6.53 8.56 7.87 7.65 9.58

Commercial Sector

View Chart for this Series 9.43 11.34 12.00 11.31 11.99

Residential Sector

View Chart for this Series 10.75 12.70 13.73 13.03 13.67

Electricity

         

Power Generation Fuel Costs
(Dollars per million Btu)

         

Coal

View Chart for this Series 1.36 1.54 1.69 1.77 2.07

Natural Gas

View Chart for this Series 5.96 8.23 6.92 7.09 9.13

Residual Fuel Oilc

View Chart for this Series 4.73 7.00 7.80 8.59 14.40

Distillate Fuel Oil

View Chart for this Series 8.13 11.53 13.21 15.05 20.27

End-Use Prices
(Cents per kilowatthour)

         

Industrial Sector

View Chart for this Series 5.3 5.6 6.2 6.4 7.0

Commercial Sector

View Chart for this Series 8.2 8.7 9.5 9.6 10.3

Residential Sector

View 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 spot price from NGI's Daily Gas Price Index (http://Intelligencepress.com); WTI crude oil price 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.