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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. Residual Fuel Oil Wholesale/Resale Price by All R&G (Cents per Gallon)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1983 60.3 58.5 57.7 57.7 59.2 60.2 62.2 63.8 64.6 64.7 63.6 62.3
  1984 64.8 67.5 64.5 66.2 66.0 67.2 65.0 63.6 64.5 65.1 64.6 64.6
  1985 64.8 65.0 62.4 60.3 55.0 52.4 53.9 53.2 56.1 54.9 53.6 55.1
  1986 51.8 38.7 31.8 28.0 26.5 26.2 21.9 23.4 28.1 27.6 27.4 30.4
  1987 37.4 37.1 35.8 37.1 39.6 42.0 43.4 42.9 39.1 38.8 37.5 33.9
  1988 32.4 32.2 28.6 30.2 31.5 31.0 29.5 30.6 29.5 25.6 28.0 29.8
  1989 32.8 33.2 32.1 38.1 37.6 35.5 35.7 34.4 35.1 36.9 36.6 42.1
  1990 48.2 38.1 34.8 33.4 30.5 27.1 29.1 44.5 50.9 57.7 55.6 48.6
  1991 50.2 33.4 28.2 28.7 30.3 29.7 28.8 27.9 27.9 29.5 30.7 28.9
  1992 24.4 25.6 24.6 27.4 30.2 32.5 34.7 34.7 34.8 37.4 35.9 30.6
  1993 31.5 30.9 32.9 33.3 31.1 30.2 27.5 27.2 27.1 28.7 26.2 24.8
  1994 28.3 33.8 27.4 27.5 29.5 33.5 36.2 35.2 30.1 31.6 34.2 34.1
  1995 36.6 35.4 37.0 36.5 38.8 38.7 35.3 33.1 33.8 34.1 34.4 40.6
  1996 45.2 40.1 42.0 43.7 41.0 37.4 38.9 39.0 41.2 45.0 46.3 46.0
  1997 42.9 39.3 35.8 36.1 35.8 36.7 36.5 38.3 38.7 42.0 43.5 35.6
  1998 31.1 28.3 26.4 30.3 29.5 27.9 29.6 26.5 27.9 28.2 26.0 23.3
  1999 25.6 21.9 25.1 30.4 32.5 32.6 36.1 42.7 46.7 44.8 46.8 47.2
  2000 49.0 53.9 51.9 48.2 54.9 60.0 58.9 53.9 64.5 63.8 61.3 57.9
  2001 56.4 55.9 51.8 48.3 50.3 47.9 46.3 45.7 48.9 42.4 36.9 36.3
  2002 38.2 35.9 43.7 51.2 54.5 53.4 53.7 58.4 58.7 60.7 58.7 64.1
  2003 73.1 87.3 77.4 56.9 57.2 58.0 61.7 63.4 58.6 60.1 62.7 62.3
  2004 69.0 69.7 62.8 64.6 69.5 70.1 66.8 68.4 67.9 78.6 71.2 62.6
  2005 72.1 72.2 82.9 89.6 89.1 90.5 101.1 115.1 121.9 124.7 111.4 119.6
  2006 118.2 119.4 119.2 118.0 124.3 116.9 119.5 124.6 107.3 102.5 102.5 104.3
  2007 97.6 107.2 107.6 115.0 123.8 128.0 137.8 136.7 139.3 153.6 174.2 176.5
  2008 178.0 171.4 176.9 188.0

Updated on 6/30/2008
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration
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