Lower Atlantic Heating Oil Prices in 2012
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012
Last updated
- Average
- $3.759
- High
- $3.869
- Mar 19
- Low
- $3.639
- Jan 2
- Against 2011
- Up +$0.249 (+7.1%)
- change in average
In 2012, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for the Lower Atlantic. They averaged $3.759 a gallon, from a low of $3.639 on January 2, 2012 to a high of $3.869 on March 19, 2012.
The average was 7.1% above 2011’s $3.510.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no Lower Atlantic 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 $3.639Jan 9 $3.692Jan 16 $3.717Jan 23 $3.694Jan 30 $3.703 | $3.689 |
| February | Feb 6 $3.705Feb 13 $3.757Feb 20 $3.778Feb 27 $3.835 | $3.769 |
| March | Mar 5 $3.851Mar 12 $3.852Mar 19 $3.869 | $3.857 |
| October | Oct 1 $3.729Oct 8 $3.728Oct 15 $3.772Oct 22 $3.768Oct 29 $3.758 | $3.751 |
| November | Nov 5 $3.769Nov 12 $3.771Nov 19 $3.757Nov 26 $3.784 | $3.770 |
| December | Dec 3 $3.780Dec 10 $3.766Dec 17 $3.758Dec 24 $3.753Dec 31 $3.752 | $3.762 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table (Lower Atlantic series). Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly Lower Atlantic, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.