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Date Published : November 10, 2009
Next Update : December 8, 2009
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Table 4e. U.S. Regional Propane Prices and Inventories
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Prices
(Cents per gallon)

         

Propane Wholesale Pricea

View Chart for this Series 90 100 117 139 82

Propane Residential Retail Prices Excluding Taxes

         

Northeast

View Chart for this Series 192 217 236 277 249

South

View Chart for this Series 181 202 219 257 222

Midwest

View Chart for this Series 143 160 176 209 179

West

View Chart for this Series 177 198 215 248 204

U.S. Average

View Chart for this Series 167 188 205 239 206

Propane Residential Retail Prices Including Taxes

         

Northeast

View Chart for this Series 201 227 247 290 260

South

View Chart for this Series 191 213 230 270 233

Midwest

View Chart for this Series 151 169 186 221 189

West

View Chart for this Series 187 209 226 262 215

U.S. Average

View Chart for this Series 176 198 215 251 217

 

         

Propane End-of-period Inventories
(Million barrels)

         

PADD 1 (East Coast)

View Chart for this Series 4.3 5.3 4.6 3.5 4.3

PADD 2 (Midwest)

View Chart for this Series 18.0 22.7 19.4 18.4 23.6

PADD 3 (Gulf Coast)

View Chart for this Series 33.0 31.2 25.7 31.3 28.4

PADD 4 (Rocky Mountain)

View Chart for this Series 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4

PADD 5 (West Coast)

View Chart for this Series 1.4 2.0 2.0 1.9 1.6

U.S. Total

View Chart for this Series 57.2 61.6 52.0 55.4 58.3
a Propane price to petrochemical sector.
 
  - = 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.
  Regions refer to Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts (PADD) for inventories and to U.S. Census regions for prices.
  See "Petroleum Administration for Defense District" and "Census region" in EIA's Energy Glossary (http://www.eia.doe.gov/glossary/index.html) for a list of States in each region.
  Historical data: Latest data available from Energy Information Administration databases supporting the following reports: Petroleum Marketing Monthly, DOE/EIA-0380;
  Petroleum Supply Monthly, DOE/EIA-0109; Petroleum Supply Annual, DOE/EIA-0340/2; and Weekly Petroleum Status Report, DOE/EIA-0208.
  Minor discrepancies with published historical data are due to independent rounding.
  Projections: Generated by simulation of the EIA Regional Short-Term Energy Model.