Heating oil futures in the US fell to $3.1 per gallon, moving further away from a 9-month high of $3.33 on August 25 after a bigger-than-expected increase in inventories rattled investors. The latest EIA report showed that distillate stockpiles, which include diesel and heating oil, rose by 1.235 million barrels to 117.923 million barrels in the week ending August 25, more than market expectations for a 189 thousand-barrel build. Heating oil futures in the US are up 30% since early July boosted by seasonal pre-winter buying.
Historically, Heating oil reached an all time high of 5.86 in April of 2022. Heating oil - data, forecasts, historical chart - was last updated on August of 2023.
Heating oil is expected to trade at 3.43 USD/GAL by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate it to trade at 3.78 in 12 months time.