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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. Residual Fuel Oil Retail Sales by All Sellers (Cents per Gallon)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1983 64.2 62.0 60.9 61.0 63.2 64.7 65.9 67.7 69.0 68.7 67.4 67.2
  1984 70.7 71.7 70.0 70.1 70.0 71.4 69.4 67.5 67.9 68.3 68.7 68.7
  1985 69.9 69.9 68.4 66.1 60.6 56.1 57.0 55.9 59.3 59.0 58.3 60.1
  1986 59.1 47.6 40.6 34.2 30.7 30.2 26.7 26.9 30.0 30.5 31.7 35.0
  1987 42.4 42.0 40.7 42.3 43.6 44.8 46.4 45.1 41.9 42.2 42.4 38.4
  1988 37.3 36.3 33.7 33.1 34.2 34.1 32.6 33.9 32.7 31.0 32.6 34.7
  1989 36.3 35.5 36.9 41.1 41.2 39.4 38.5 37.4 36.9 39.4 40.5 47.6
  1990 54.3 45.1 41.0 36.4 34.7 31.0 32.3 44.7 51.9 59.8 59.0 56.4
  1991 53.8 39.9 33.0 31.3 31.0 29.9 31.4 31.4 31.4 33.1 35.9 34.6
  1992 30.6 29.2 29.0 30.5 33.8 34.8 37.1 39.2 38.0 39.6 40.4 37.8
  1993 36.7 36.5 36.4 36.9 36.7 35.0 33.1 32.2 32.0 32.8 31.0 29.9
  1994 33.4 37.3 33.9 31.3 32.4 34.8 37.8 38.3 34.8 34.8 37.2 38.9
  1995 41.1 41.0 41.0 40.2 41.6 41.8 38.2 35.5 35.2 36.2 38.4 44.2
  1996 49.7 46.2 46.4 46.4 44.4 41.0 40.8 42.1 44.5 48.8 50.7 51.6
  1997 50.6 46.3 41.3 40.4 40.1 40.3 39.8 40.9 41.5 44.6 46.8 41.5
  1998 36.4 33.7 29.8 32.6 32.5 31.7 31.6 29.1 27.7 30.1 30.6 27.3
  1999 28.0 26.9 28.5 31.4 33.5 34.6 37.5 43.5 47.0 49.5 49.8 51.5
  2000 54.6 57.9 57.3 55.0 57.0 61.6 61.0 58.2 63.6 69.1 66.4 63.6
  2001 62.4 60.4 57.6 53.4 54.3 52.7 50.9 51.0 54.1 49.0 42.5 41.9
  2002 44.2 44.2 49.0 55.7 57.0 57.1 57.6 59.9 62.6 64.5 59.1 61.5
  2003 76.1 84.6 82.1 64.6 60.6 62.8 69.4 68.8 65.3 65.3 66.3 66.3
  2004 70.6 69.1 65.8 67.6 72.6 73.4 70.2 72.0 74.1 81.3 80.3 74.4
  2005 77.1 81.3 88.9 96.9 99.9 99.9 103.2 109.6 122.9 126.5 118.7 120.5
  2006 122.9 124.5 124.4 126.9 130.1 126.2 126.2 129.1 114.9 108.7 109.0 110.5
  2007 105.9 113.6 115.1 121.1 130.6 134.8 140.6 143.9 144.5 156.9 181.2 183.5
  2008 184.4 179.3 192.2 196.1 211.6

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