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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. Residual Fuel Oil Sulfur > 1.0 Wholesale/Resale Price by All R&G (Cents per Gallon)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1983 57.0 55.7 55.9 56.5 57.8 58.5 60.5 62.0 63.3 62.6 62.2 60.2
  1984 62.3 65.7 61.9 64.7 65.0 66.1 64.0 62.7 63.8 64.3 63.6 63.3
  1985 63.4 63.4 60.8 58.8 53.5 50.6 52.8 52.0 53.1 52.3 50.7 52.3
  1986 49.7 36.5 28.7 26.0 23.6 23.1 20.4 21.7 26.6 26.4 25.2 27.7
  1987 35.7 34.4 33.4 35.5 38.6 40.6 41.9 41.4 36.8 36.3 34.6 28.2
  1988 27.7 27.4 25.0 27.5 29.8 29.0 27.7 28.4 28.4 23.5 24.5 27.0
  1989 29.1 30.5 28.1 34.2 34.7 33.9 34.0 33.0 32.3 34.5 34.2 38.3
  1990 42.0 34.6 31.9 31.2 28.3 24.8 25.4 41.4 46.1 53.1 49.7 43.0
  1991 49.2 32.0 24.2 25.8 27.7 28.6 27.4 25.9 25.4 27.6 27.9 26.1
  1992 21.1 20.9 21.1 25.2 29.1 30.7 33.3 33.2 32.9 35.5 33.8 28.1
  1993 27.3 26.7 27.5 29.0 27.8 26.7 24.6 23.7 24.1 25.7 22.5 21.8
  1994 22.8 25.7 24.3 25.8 27.5 31.1 34.5 32.7 27.8 30.6 32.9 32.0
  1995 33.3 33.3 35.2 36.1 37.3 36.9 32.5 29.8 30.4 32.4 31.8 36.0
  1996 38.0 36.8 36.0 39.9 36.9 35.0 37.3 37.2 40.3 43.1 44.5 43.0
  1997 39.3 35.4 33.9 35.2 35.4 34.7 35.3 37.5 37.5 39.7 41.6 32.8
  1998 28.9 26.7 24.1 28.7 28.3 27.0 28.7 26.1 27.0 27.0 25.1 23.0
  1999 23.9 21.9 24.0 30.0 29.5 31.2 34.5 40.1 43.6 43.1 44.2 44.0
  2000 44.6 48.6 50.7 44.5 51.7 54.7 50.8 46.7 58.6 57.3 52.8 50.6
  2001 48.5 49.5 47.8 41.8 44.2 42.4 42.2 41.3 44.9 40.0 31.9 30.7
  2002 33.7 33.7 40.5 48.0 52.1 53.3 50.9 55.8 56.8 54.5 58.2 59.7
  2003 NA 76.0 62.4 51.9 53.2 54.1 58.9 60.7 56.1 56.6 58.7 54.5
  2004 57.6 59.3 57.1 58.5 63.2 63.0 60.6 61.1 61.8 69.5 59.2 54.4
  2005 NA NA NA 80.1 86.6 84.4 87.8 90.7 103.6 108.8 99.3 105.7
  2006 110.2 115.3 116.0 115.8 122.1 113.6 115.8 119.2 104.1 98.5 95.9 96.3
  2007 93.0 100.0 100.8 108.4 120.0 124.3 132.1 132.6 133.7 147.5 169.2 169.0
  2008 166.2 162.5 171.7 182.3

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