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 View History:    Monthly     Annual   
U.S. Residual Fuel Oil Sulfur <= 1.0 Wholesale/Resale Price by All Sellers (Cents per Gallon)
Year Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  1983 65.0 63.0 60.0 60.1 62.6 63.2 65.2 66.7 67.0 68.8 66.5 67.3
  1984 71.7 71.8 69.4 69.2 67.5 69.7 67.0 65.7 65.9 66.5 66.7 68.0
  1985 68.0 67.8 66.3 62.0 56.0 55.2 55.3 54.8 58.4 60.0 58.7 60.8
  1986 58.2 43.1 37.6 32.4 29.9 29.9 24.2 26.2 29.7 29.5 29.8 35.2
  1987 40.1 41.4 39.1 40.2 41.7 43.9 45.2 44.7 42.0 41.8 42.4 40.4
  1988 38.3 36.3 33.3 34.6 34.8 33.6 32.4 33.1 32.7 30.5 32.7 35.2
  1989 39.0 36.9 40.1 44.6 43.9 39.5 39.5 37.7 38.3 41.6 41.7 50.4
  1990 57.4 45.3 40.2 36.7 34.9 31.2 33.5 49.9 56.8 63.7 64.1 59.1
  1991 51.6 39.0 34.8 35.0 36.2 32.6 32.6 34.8 35.0 36.1 40.3 38.2
  1992 35.2 35.4 33.0 32.6 34.5 37.0 38.5 37.9 38.8 42.4 41.0 36.1
  1993 38.1 36.5 40.4 38.7 35.7 35.0 33.0 32.1 32.3 32.1 30.6 29.4
  1994 33.5 37.9 32.1 30.0 32.0 36.3 38.0 38.0 33.4 32.5 36.0 37.8
  1995 39.6 37.3 38.0 37.1 40.4 40.2 36.7 35.0 35.7 34.7 37.7 44.2
  1996 50.9 42.9 46.5 48.1 44.5 40.3 41.4 41.9 43.1 48.5 50.1 51.4
  1997 46.6 43.7 39.6 38.3 37.7 39.7 39.1 40.1 40.3 45.4 46.9 40.3
  1998 36.4 32.5 30.7 33.4 32.1 29.7 30.8 27.6 29.8 31.4 28.3 25.5
  1999 27.5 22.3 27.0 30.7 34.7 34.7 38.5 44.0 46.8 47.8 48.9 50.6
  2000 57.1 61.9 54.7 54.4 58.7 64.9 64.2 60.9 71.4 72.8 71.7 68.7
  2001 66.1 62.7 59.9 57.4 58.3 53.7 50.5 50.1 51.4 46.1 41.6 41.4
  2002 40.6 40.3 46.6 54.0 55.5 53.6 55.1 60.2 60.9 63.7 60.5 66.0
  2003 76.9 91.9 86.3 65.0 65.3 67.9 73.0 71.1 64.1 64.7 66.5 66.9
  2004 74.3 74.9 64.3 68.1 74.1 74.7 71.7 75.7 73.1 82.2 84.6 75.3
  2005 80.8 85.7 87.5 98.1 93.9 100.0 106.0 118.0 128.2 132.8 122.9 124.7
  2006 121.0 121.4 122.4 124.0 124.4 122.9 127.9 130.3 111.8 108.3 115.0 112.4
  2007 101.2 113.6 113.6 120.4 131.2 133.3 141.2 140.9 143.8 157.9 182.3 190.5
  2008 193.2 179.8 193.0 202.0

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