East Coast Heating Oil Prices in 2012
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012
Last updated
- Average
- $4.025
- High
- $4.144
- Feb 27
- Low
- $3.874
- Jan 2
- Against 2011
- Up +$0.282 (+7.5%)
- change in average
In 2012, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for the East Coast. They averaged $4.025 a gallon, from a low of $3.874 on January 2, 2012 to a high of $4.144 on February 27, 2012.
The average was 7.5% above 2011’s $3.743.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no East Coast values for April, May, June, July, August and September.
Week by week
Every survey in 2012
| Month | Survey dates and prices | Month average |
|---|---|---|
| January | Jan 2 $3.874Jan 9 $3.967Jan 16 $3.986Jan 23 $3.978Jan 30 $3.990 | $3.959 |
| February | Feb 6 $4.009Feb 13 $4.070Feb 20 $4.083Feb 27 $4.144 | $4.077 |
| March | Mar 5 $4.128Mar 12 $4.132Mar 19 $4.137 | $4.132 |
| October | Oct 1 $3.980Oct 8 $3.999Oct 15 $4.057Oct 22 $4.054Oct 29 $4.016 | $4.021 |
| November | Nov 5 $4.015Nov 12 $4.015Nov 19 $4.006Nov 26 $4.034 | $4.018 |
| December | Dec 3 $4.032Dec 10 $3.988Dec 17 $3.968Dec 24 $3.985Dec 31 $3.996 | $3.994 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (East Coast series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly East Coast, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.