TRANSPORTATION ENERGY DATA BOOK: EDITION 20 - Center for ...

Thefielprices shown here are refiner salesprices of transportation fuels to end users, excluding tax. Sales to end users are those made directly to the ultimate
consumer, including bulkconsumers. Bulksales to utility, industrial, and commercial accountspreviously included in the wholesalk category are now counted
as sales to end users.
Table 5.5
Prices for Selected Transportation Fuels, 1978-99
(cents per gallon, excluding tax)
Finished aviation Kerosene-type
Propanea
gasoline jet fuel No. 2 diesel fuel
Year Current
Constant
1998b Current
Constant
1998b Current
Constant
1998b Current
Constant
1998b
s 1978 33.5 83.7 51.6
128.9 38.7
96.7 37.7 94.2
2 1979 35.7 80.2 d8.9
154.8 54.7
122.9 58.5 131.4
2 1980 48.2 95.4 108.4
214.5 86.6
171.3 81.8 161.8
2 1981 56.5 101.3 130.3
233.6 102.4
183.6 99.5 178.4
2 1982 59.2 100.0 131.2
221.6 96.3
162.7 94.2 159.1
YJ 1983 70.9 116.0 125.5
205.4 87.8
143.7 82.6 135.2
2 1984 73.7 115.7 123.4
193.7 84.2
132.2 82.3 129.2
71.7 108.7 120.1
182.0 79.6
120.6 78.9 119.6
$ 1985 1986
74.5 110.8 101.1
150.3 52.9
78.7 47.8 71.1
& 1987
70.1 100.6 90.7
130.1 54.3
77.9 55.1 79.0
71.4 98.4 89.1
122.8 51.3
70.7 50.0 68.9
8 1988 1989 61.5 80.9 99.5
130.9 59.2
77.9 58.5 76.9
. . 1990 74.5 92.9 112.0
139.7 76.6
95.6 72.5 90.4
LY
2=i 1991
1993 1992
73.0
64.3
87.4
74.7
104.7
102.7
125.3
119.3
65.2
61.0
78.0
70.9
64.8
61.9
77.6
71.9
67.3 75.9 99.0
111.7 58.0
65.5 60.2 67.9
0” 1994 53.0 58.3 95.7
105.2 53.4
58.7 55.4 GO.9
1995 49.2 52.6 100.5
107.5 54.0
57.7 56.0 59.9
z
1996 60.5 62.9 111.6
116.0 65.1
67.6 68.1 70.8
8
1997 55.2 56.1 112.8
114.6 61.3
62.3 64.2 65.2
1998 40.5 40.5 97.5
97.5 45.2
45.2 49.4 49.4
1999 45.7 44.7 105.9
103.6 53.8
52.6 57.9 56.7
Aver-age annualpercentage change
1978-99 1.5% -2.9% 3.5%
-1.0% 1.6%
-2.9% 2.1% -2.4%
1989-99
Source:
-2.9% -5.8% O.G% -2.3% -1.0% -3.9%
-0.1% -3.0%
U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration, Morztlzl~~ Erzeqgv Review, March 2000, Washington, DC, Table 9.7.
(Additional resources: www.eia.doe.gov)
aConsumer grade.
bAdjusted by the Consumer Price Inflation Index.