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On-Highway Diesel Fuel Prices (Cents per Gallon)
Average All-Types Diesel Fuel Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/31/08 04/07/08 04/14/08 04/21/08 04/28/08 05/05/08 05/12/08 05/14/07
U.S. 396.4 395.5 405.9 414.3 417.7 414.9 433.1 277.3
East Coast (PADD I) 401.4 400.5 411.7 420.7 423.0 419.4 437.7 275.8
   New England (PADD IA) 413.0 412.1 423.9 434.6 434.6 433.7 446.3 286.6
   Central Atlantic (PADD IB) 416.0 414.2 426.6 437.0 437.6 434.5 451.6 284.3
   Lower Atlantic (PADD IC) 394.1 393.6 404.3 412.6 415.7 411.7 431.0 271.1
Midwest (PADD II) 392.9 391.7 401.3 409.8 413.3 410.1 429.8 274.0
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 390.7 389.4 400.0 407.7 411.3 408.4 426.8 271.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 397.2 397.4 403.9 411.1 414.1 415.6 427.6 299.8
West Coast (PADD V) 404.9 405.2 417.6 425.5 431.2 430.3 445.4 291.9
   California 411.2 411.8 423.4 431.7 439.0 438.2 454.7 295.2
Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/31/08 04/07/08 04/14/08 04/21/08 04/28/08 05/05/08 05/12/08 05/14/07
U.S. 397.6 396.6 406.9 415.3 418.7 416.2 433.9 279.7
East Coast (PADD I) 403.6 402.7 413.7 422.9 425.0 421.8 439.6 278.7
   New England (PADD IA) 413.0 412.1 423.9 434.6 434.6 433.7 446.3 286.4
   Central Atlantic (PADD IB) 416.4 414.6 427.2 437.5 438.1 435.1 452.1 284.1
   Lower Atlantic (PADD IC) 395.5 395.0 405.2 413.6 416.9 413.3 432.2 274.4
Midwest (PADD II) 394.4 393.1 402.5 411.0 414.4 411.6 430.5 276.2
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 390.9 389.6 400.2 408.0 411.6 408.8 427.0 272.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 397.5 397.9 404.3 411.4 414.3 415.9 428.0 300.4
West Coast (PADD V) 405.7 405.9 418.6 426.5 432.3 431.3 446.7 292.7
   California 411.2 411.8 423.4 431.7 439.0 438.2 454.7 295.2
Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/31/08 04/07/08 04/14/08 04/21/08 04/28/08 05/05/08 05/12/08 05/14/07
U.S. 388.5 387.5 398.7 406.9 409.8 404.9 426.4 269.5
U.S. Average All-Types Diesel Fuel Prices Graph. Regional Average All-Types Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.

No. 2 Distillate Spot Prices (Cents per Gallon)
Spot Heating Oil Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
City 03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
New York 317.5 305.3 325.7 331.7 331.3 321.1 364.3 188.6
Houston 299.7 298.8 315.3 324.7 326.1 316.4 361.0 189.2
Spot Diesel Fuel Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
City 03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
New York 323.5 316.3 338.7 346.5 342.3 338.0 379.5 200.7
Chicago 320.2 322.5 336.2 345.7 346.6 336.0 377.5 209.7
Houston 311.7 317.8 331.7 341.0 336.0 330.2 371.8 201.0
Los Angeles (CARB) 315.8 321.3 334.7 347.2 351.2 340.5 384.0 213.7
Spot Heating Oil Prices Graph. Spot Diesel Fuel Prices Graph.

Distillate Stocks (Million Barrels) and Days of Supply
Total Distillate Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 109.7 106.0 106.1 104.7 105.8 105.7 107.1 119.8
East Coast (PADD I) 33.5 31.8 30.1 29.2 31.5 31.6 31.9 41.3
   New England (PADD IA) 4.7 4.3 4.0 4.0 4.4 3.8 3.7 7.7
   Central Atlantic (PADD IB) 18.1 16.6 15.5 15.2 16.3 17.2 16.7 22.5
   Lower Atlantic (PADD IC) 10.8 10.9 10.6 10.1 10.8 10.6 11.4 11.1
Midwest (PADD II) 30.7 29.1 28.5 28.8 28.7 27.9 29.0 28.7
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 28.9 30.1 31.4 30.7 29.9 31.2 31.5 34.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 3.3 2.9 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.0 3.1
West Coast (PADD V) 13.4 12.1 12.8 12.8 12.5 12.1 11.7 12.3
15 ppm sulfur and Under Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 66.6 67.0 68.0 65.1 66.8 66.0 67.3 60.3
East Coast (PADD I) 13.4 13.8 12.9 11.4 13.3 13.5 13.4 12.7
   New England (PADD IA) 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.9
   Central Atlantic (PADD IB) 6.0 6.0 5.5 4.8 5.4 6.0 5.9 5.9
   Lower Atlantic (PADD IC) 5.8 6.3 6.0 5.4 6.5 6.1 6.2 4.8
Midwest (PADD II) 22.9 22.4 22.5 22.0 22.6 21.7 22.5 19.3
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 17.9 19.1 20.2 19.6 18.8 19.4 20.1 17.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 2.7 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.3 2.5
West Coast (PADD V) 9.8 9.4 9.9 9.5 9.5 9.1 9.0 8.6
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 18.8 17.4 16.6 17.6 17.5 18.0 17.7 23.6
East Coast (PADD I) 4.9 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.9 5.1 5.2 6.3
   New England (PADD IA) 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.5
   Central Atlantic (PADD IB) 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.3 1.6 2.0 1.6 2.8
   Lower Atlantic (PADD IC) 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.5 3.0
Midwest (PADD II) 5.6 4.0 3.6 4.2 3.7 3.6 3.8 5.9
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 6.2 6.8 6.3 6.4 6.9 7.4 6.7 9.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4
West Coast (PADD V) 1.7 1.3 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.1
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 24.3 21.6 21.4 22.1 21.6 21.7 22.1 35.9
East Coast (PADD I) 15.2 13.2 12.5 13.1 13.3 13.0 13.2 22.3
   New England (PADD IA) 3.0 2.7 2.5 2.7 2.8 2.3 2.3 5.3
   Central Atlantic (PADD IB) 10.3 9.1 8.4 9.1 9.3 9.3 9.2 13.7
   Lower Atlantic (PADD IC) 1.9 1.4 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.8 3.3
Midwest (PADD II) 2.2 2.7 2.5 2.6 2.3 2.6 2.7 3.5
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 4.8 4.3 4.9 4.7 4.2 4.4 4.7 7.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
West Coast (PADD V) 1.9 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.3 2.5
Days of Supply (number of days)
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  03/28/08 04/04/08 04/11/08 04/18/08 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 26.1 24.6 25.0 24.5 24.9 25.2 25.5 28.6
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. Total Distillate Stocks / Four-Week Average U.S. Distillate Fuel Oil Demand
U.S. Distillate Stocks Graph. Regional Distillate Stocks Graph.
U.S. Distillate Days of Supply Graph.

Distillate Production and Imports (Million Barrels per Day)
Total Distillate Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 4.093 4.156 4.236 4.134 4.238 4.239 4.352 4.121
East Coast (PADD I) 0.414 0.434 0.449 0.548 0.435 0.477 0.478 0.545
Midwest (PADD II) 0.920 0.946 0.968 0.975 1.013 0.984 0.964 0.960
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 2.054 2.097 2.134 1.891 2.093 2.147 2.167 1.879
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 0.178 0.172 0.171 0.155 0.169 0.158 0.172 0.143
West Coast (PADD V) 0.528 0.508 0.515 0.566 0.528 0.473 0.571 0.594
15 ppm sulfur and Under Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 3.117 3.103 3.130 2.743 3.085 3.078 3.262 2.713
East Coast (PADD I) 0.222 0.229 0.241 0.268 0.222 0.260 0.275 0.294
Midwest (PADD II) 0.826 0.837 0.849 0.767 0.884 0.845 0.870 0.719
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 1.460 1.459 1.460 1.117 1.397 1.462 1.486 1.097
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 0.150 0.142 0.142 0.135 0.140 0.122 0.146 0.129
West Coast (PADD V) 0.459 0.436 0.439 0.457 0.442 0.389 0.485 0.474
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 0.514 0.540 0.590 0.649 0.566 0.607 0.620 0.712
East Coast (PADD I) 0.035 0.039 0.045 0.050 0.037 0.047 0.066 0.055
Midwest (PADD II) 0.056 0.058 0.072 0.146 0.081 0.074 0.055 0.174
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 0.369 0.388 0.415 0.420 0.387 0.433 0.436 0.452
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 0.026 0.027 0.027 0.011 0.027 0.031 0.024 0.008
West Coast (PADD V) 0.029 0.029 0.031 0.022 0.034 0.022 0.039 0.023
Greater than 500 ppm sulfur Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
U.S. 0.463 0.513 0.517 0.742 0.587 0.554 0.470 0.696
East Coast (PADD I) 0.157 0.165 0.163 0.230 0.176 0.170 0.137 0.196
Midwest (PADD II) 0.038 0.051 0.048 0.062 0.048 0.065 0.039 0.067
Gulf Coast (PADD III) 0.226 0.250 0.259 0.354 0.309 0.252 0.245 0.330
Rocky Mountain (PADD IV) 0.002 0.003 0.003 0.009 0.002 0.005 0.002 0.006
West Coast (PADD V) 0.040 0.043 0.045 0.088 0.052 0.062 0.047 0.097
Distillate Imports
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
Total Distillate 0.239 0.245 0.234 0.306 0.273 0.187 0.216 0.249
15 ppm sulfur and Under 0.143 0.136 0.141 0.218 0.202 0.113 0.132 0.199
Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.040 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.003
Greater than 500 ppm to 2000 ppm sulfur 0.086 0.100 0.086 0.038 0.056 0.070 0.079 0.043
Greater than 2000 ppm sulfur 0.011 0.009 0.008 0.010 0.015 0.004 0.005 0.004
U.S. Distillate Production Graph. U.S. Distillate Imports Graph. U.S. 15 ppm sulfur and Under Production Graph. U.S. Greater than 15 ppm to 500 ppm sulfur Production Graph. U.S. Greater than 500 ppm Sulfur Distillate Production Graph.

Distillate Demand (Million Barrels per Day)
Distillate Demand
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07 04/25/08 05/02/08 05/09/08 05/11/07
Distillate Fuel Oil 4.257 4.188 4.202 4.194 4.136 4.188 4.124 4.092
U.S. Distillate Demand Graph.