Virginia Heating Oil Prices in 2012
26 EIA surveys, Jan 2, 2012 to Dec 31, 2012
Last updated
- Average
- $3.746
- High
- $3.877
- Mar 19
- Low
- $3.630
- Jan 2
- Against 2011
- Up +$0.235 (+6.7%)
- change in average
In 2012, EIA published 26 residential heating oil prices for Virginia. They averaged $3.746 a gallon, from a low of $3.630 on January 2, 2012 to a high of $3.877 on March 19, 2012.
The average was 6.7% above 2011’s $3.511.
EIA surveys only during the heating season in most years, so there are no Virginia 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 $3.630Jan 9 $3.695Jan 16 $3.713Jan 23 $3.696Jan 30 $3.689 | $3.685 |
| February | Feb 6 $3.689Feb 13 $3.753Feb 20 $3.779Feb 27 $3.841 | $3.766 |
| March | Mar 5 $3.855Mar 12 $3.856Mar 19 $3.877 | $3.863 |
| October | Oct 1 $3.708Oct 8 $3.711Oct 15 $3.747Oct 22 $3.741Oct 29 $3.731 | $3.728 |
| November | Nov 5 $3.761Nov 12 $3.753Nov 19 $3.730Nov 26 $3.760 | $3.751 |
| December | Dec 3 $3.750Dec 10 $3.733Dec 17 $3.735Dec 24 $3.727Dec 31 $3.730 | $3.735 |
Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, weekly heating oil residential price table. Prices exclude taxes.
Heating oil — weekly Virginia, CSV (12 rows, from 2026-02-02 to 2026-10-19)
Columns: survey_date, area, fuel, price_usd_per_gallon_excl_taxes. Prices are residential, in dollars per gallon ($/gal), excluding taxes. Source: EIA.