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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 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 62.8 65.7 62.4 64.8 65.1 66.3 64.0 62.9 63.9 64.4 63.7 63.4
  1985 63.5 63.5 60.9 58.9 54.0 50.7 52.9 52.2 53.3 52.6 51.0 52.6
  1986 50.4 37.4 29.5 26.7 24.3 24.1 21.4 22.1 26.8 26.9 26.3 29.1
  1987 37.0 36.4 34.6 37.4 39.8 41.9 43.6 42.7 39.1 37.5 36.8 31.1
  1988 29.9 30.5 26.9 28.0 30.4 29.7 28.7 29.1 28.7 24.4 25.2 27.7
  1989 30.1 30.4 28.5 35.2 35.7 35.3 34.9 34.0 33.0 35.2 34.7 39.5
  1990 44.5 37.8 34.0 32.4 28.8 26.2 26.3 42.0 45.9 53.5 52.7 44.7
  1991 49.0 31.9 25.1 26.2 28.4 28.9 27.7 27.1 27.0 28.4 29.3 27.4
  1992 24.2 23.0 22.1 25.7 30.0 31.7 33.5 34.3 33.9 35.9 35.1 30.7
  1993 31.3 29.1 29.2 29.8 30.0 28.6 25.6 25.6 25.4 27.1 24.6 22.6
  1994 24.4 27.5 26.1 25.9 29.3 32.3 36.0 33.2 28.1 30.7 32.6 32.4
  1995 33.6 33.7 35.4 36.8 38.2 37.8 33.1 30.6 31.3 32.9 32.9 36.9
  1996 39.4 37.4 36.7 40.7 38.6 35.6 37.4 37.7 40.7 43.6 44.9 43.4
  1997 40.7 37.0 35.3 35.6 36.3 36.0 36.5 37.9 37.9 40.4 42.2 34.9
  1998 29.9 27.4 24.4 28.9 28.5 27.3 28.9 26.5 27.0 27.1 25.2 22.5
  1999 23.4 21.6 24.2 30.0 30.9 32.3 35.0 41.3 44.2 44.4 44.7 45.3
  2000 46.6 48.8 51.5 45.5 51.7 55.3 53.3 48.9 58.8 58.1 56.2 51.8
  2001 50.4 50.1 47.9 42.6 44.7 43.8 41.8 41.7 43.7 41.4 34.4 33.3
  2002 35.6 34.9 40.3 49.1 52.5 53.8 51.8 53.9 57.3 55.4 55.4 56.2
  2003 65.8 74.2 69.7 55.5 55.7 57.6 63.4 62.9 58.5 61.3 62.9 60.0
  2004 62.9 60.2 59.3 62.1 66.5 67.4 63.9 64.1 65.0 75.6 64.6 58.8
  2005 NA 69.4 75.2 86.4 87.7 86.5 91.6 97.3 108.1 109.5 104.9 104.8
  2006 108.3 114.1 115.0 116.8 119.2 113.7 115.7 120.5 101.9 96.9 96.4 96.2
  2007 92.3 98.3 102.8 108.6 120.1 124.8 134.2 132.1 135.8 147.8 170.1 170.8
  2008 166.0 163.2 171.2 182.6

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