Energy Mechanics · Distillate · Industrial fuel of record

Distillate fuel oil
diesel and heating oil

DISTILLATE · PRODUCTION
RELEASE · EIA WPSR · TABLES 2 & 4
VINTAGE · —
NEXT WPSR · —
FLOW · MB/D · STOCK · MB
STATUS · LOADING
Distillate is the workhorse industrial fuel: ultra-low-sulfur diesel powers freight trucks and farm equipment; heating oil warms the Northeast. The U.S. produces — mb/d and holds — mb in stocks (— days of supply). Distillate margins are the cleanest read on industrial demand — they spike before recessions break.
Distillate production Distillate stocks bar length ∝ value
PRODUCTION BY PADD · MB/D STOCKS BY PADD · MB PADD 1 · East — PADD 2 · Midwest — PADD 3 · Gulf — PADD 4 · Rockies — PADD 5 · West — PADD 1 · East — PADD 2 · Midwest — PADD 3 · Gulf — PADD 4 · Rockies — PADD 5 · West — NATIONAL TOTALS Production — mb/d · all PADDs Stocks — mb · all PADDs
Production
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mb/d · refiner output
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Stocks
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— vs 5-yr avg
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Days of supply
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stocks ÷ demand
Diesel share
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of distillate; rest is heating oil
SOURCE · U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report (Table 2, distillate production by PADD; Table 4, stocks by PADD). Per-PADD shares are seeded from recent allocation patterns until weekly per-PADD series are wired into update_data.py. "Distillate" combines diesel (ULSD) and heating oil; the diesel share is ~85% nationally.
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