Petroleum Marketing Program

U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
ENERGY INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION
Washington, D. C. 20585

OMB No. 1905-0174
Expiration Date:
Version No.:

EIA-782B
RESELLERS’/RETAILERS’ MONTHLY PETROLEUM PRODUCT SALES REPORT
INSTRUCTIONS
1. QUESTIONS?

Fax forms to: (202) 586-9772

If you have any questions about Form EIA-782B after
reading the instructions, please call our toll-free number
1-800-638-8812.

E-mail forms to: [email protected]

2. PURPOSE
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) Form EIA782B, "Resellers’/Retailers’ Monthly Petroleum Product
Sales Report," is used to collect data on the sales of
motor gasoline, No. 2 distillate, propane, and residual
fuel oil (volumes and prices) to various categories of endusers and resellers by type of seller at the State level.
The data are used by the Department of Energy in
determining petroleum product supply, demand, and
price changes. In addition, the data are used by State
and Federal agencies (such as the Bureau of Economic
Analysis and the Defense Fuel Supply Center),
Congress, industry analysts, trade publications,
academia, and the public to analyze, model and forecast
petroleum product prices and sales by State and end-use
category.

Electronic Transmission: The PC Electronic Data
Reporting Option (PEDRO) is a Windows-based
application that will enable you to enter data interactively,
import data from your own database, validate your data
online, and transmit the encrypted data electronically to
EIA via the Internet or a dial-up modem. If you are
interested in receiving this free software, contact the
Electronic Data Collection Support Staff at (202) 5869659.
Mail forms to:

Oil & Gas Survey
U.S. Department of Energy
Ben Franklin Station
PO Box 279
Washington, DC 20044-0279

6. COPIES
OF
SURVEY
FORMS,
INSTRUCTIONS AND DEFINITIONS
Copies in portable document format (PDF) and
spreadsheet format (XLS) are available on EIA's website:

3. WHO MUST SUBMIT
The Form EIA-782B is mandatory pursuant to Section
13(b) of the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974
(Public Law 93-275) and must be completed by a
selected sample of petroleum product resellers and
retailers.
Section 9 explains the possible sanctions for failing to
report.

4. WHEN TO SUBMIT
The Form EIA-782B must be submitted to the EIA no
later than 30 calendar days after the close of the
reference month (e.g., if the reference month is March
2010, the report must be submitted to the EIA by April
30, 2010).

5. WHERE TO SUBMIT

www.eia.doe.gov/oil_gas/petroleum/survey_forms/pet_survey_forms.html

You may also access the materials by following the
steps below:
· Go to EIA’s website at www.eia.doe.gov
· Click on Petroleum
· Click on Petroleum Survey Forms located in the
References box on the right side of the page
· Select the materials you want.
Files must be saved to your personal computer. Data
cannot be entered interactively on the website.

7. HOW TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY FORM
General Instructions
Exclude all sales to refiners and gas plant operators.

Completed forms may be submitted by facsimile, e-mail,
electronic transmission, or mail.
Secure File Transfer forms to:
https://signon.eia.doe.gov/upload/noticeoog.jsp

Report all volumes in thousands of gallons (e.g., report
6,500 gallons as 7, and 6,400 gallons as 6). Leave both
volume and price blank if no volumes were sold. Enter 1
for volumes between 0 and 1,499. Note: One barrel is
equal to 42 gallons.

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Report only the data for products listed. DOE is not
seeking full coverage of all petroleum products sold.
Definitions of petroleum products and other terms are
provided for your use. Please refer to Section 11 before
completing the survey form.
Enter data reflecting sales made during the reference
month only. Exclude from all calculations any material
prior period adjustments for volumes and/or prices, and
revise the report(s) for the appropriate prior period(s).
If your firm does not maintain information sufficient to
provide actual sales volumes and unit prices by the
customer categories specified on the form, then estimate
sales volumes and unit prices for these categories using
available information. The estimating procedure and data
supporting the estimates should result in a reasonably
accurate estimate which will be subject to review.
Do not report negative volumes or prices.

title occurs in the United States, volumes sold for export
should be included under "Wholesale Sales."
Report the entire firm's sales of the selected products.
This includes sales made directly by the parent, affiliates,
subsidiaries, or through commissioned agents. Exclude
sales made among the parent firm, subsidiaries, and
affiliates (i.e., intrafirm transfers/sales).
Resubmissions
Revisions to prior month’s reports are required if
previously reported price or volume data are in error by
more than five percent (+5%). All revisions must be
submitted within 120 days after the end of the reference
month. However, EIA must be notified of significant
changes discovered after this date and will determine if a
late resubmission is required.
PART 1. RESPONDENT IDENTIFICATION DATA
Report Period: Enter the year and month for which this
form is being submitted.

Price Information
Report unit prices in decimals of U.S. dollars, expressed
to the nearest tenth of a cent (e.g., $1.065). Unit prices
are calculated by dividing the total revenues derived from
the sales of the product during the reference month by
the total number of gallons sold. The unit price is the
same as the weighted average price for all sales of that
particular product to a particular group of customers or
class-of-trade.
The reported unit price should exclude all taxes on the
sale of the petroleum product such as Federal, State,
and local excise or sales taxes. Taxes incurred while
obtaining, importing, or producing petroleum products
(such as crude oil or product importation tariffs, domestic
crude oil taxes, facilities taxes, etc.) should not be
excluded from sales prices for EIA reporting purposes.
For example, even though upstream expenses such as
the Superfund tax may be shown as a separate line item
on invoices of product sales, they should be included in
the reported sales price. Transportation costs that are
paid as part of the sales price at the point of sale should
be included in the reported unit price. Do not calculate
unit prices using rounded volumes.
Volume Information
Exclude amounts supplied to exchange partners except
where the amount supplied exceeds the amount received
and the imbalance is invoiced as a sale during the
reference month.
Report sales in the State where the transfer of title
occurred. For sales at a refinery/terminal, the State is the
one in which the refinery/terminal is located. For
delivered sales (by any mode of conveyance), the State
is the one in which the buyer received the product (see
Appendix A for a list of State abbreviations). If transfer of

Enter the 10-digit EIA ID Number. If you do not have a
number, submit your report leaving this field blank. EIA
will advise you of the number.
Enter the name and addresses of the reporting company.
If they are the same, only report one address. Enter the
name, telephone number, fax number, and email address
of the person to contact concerning information shown on
the report.
Enter the month, day, and year this report is being filed.
Enter the number of States for which data are reported.
Report sales for all States in which your company does
business.
Type of Report: Check the box which indicates whether
this form is: (1) an Original, or (2) a Resubmission. If this
is a resubmission, enter the date of the report for which
this report is a resubmission.
PART 3. TYPE OF OPERATIONS
Mark the appropriate type of entity according to the
definitions provided. The type of entity should not
change from month to month but should reflect the
activity of the firm throughout the year.
- Firms engaging in both reselling and retailing should
mark “Reseller/Retailer.”
- Firms which directly or indirectly control a refiner
should mark "Refiner/Gas Plant Operator."
- Firms which directly or indirectly control a gas plant
operator should mark "Refiner/Gas Plant Operator."

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Enter the status of the firm at the end of the reference
month. If the firm has been sold or leased, or
permanently ceased operation, submit a letter to DOE
stating the reason for the change in status. If the firm
has been sold or leased, provide the name and address
of the new company, and the date of the transfer. If the
firm has permanently ceased operation, provide the date
the firm ceased operation. You may either include the
letter with your monthly report or send it separately to the
address shown in Section 5.
Use the comments section to indicate changes in
identification data, reported data, or firm status such as
disruptions, purchases, or sales.

outlets other than those operated directly by the reported
company, its affiliates, or subsidiaries, should be
included in the wholesale sales categories DTW, Rack or
Bulk.
Reformulated Gasoline
Report all sales of gasoline that have been certified as
reformulated gasoline per EPA or State regulations as
reformulated gasoline. Gasoline that meets both the
oxygenated and reformulated definitions as certified by
the EPA should be reported as reformulated gasoline.
Product designated by State regulations as CBG (cleaner
burning gasoline) should be reported as RFG.
Conventional Gasoline

File separate Parts 4, 5, and 6 forms for each State
in which your company does business.

Enter the month and year of the reference month for
which these data are being submitted.

Report sales of oxygenated gasoline as conventional
gasoline if it meets the specifications for oxygenated
gasoline as approved by EPA or State Agencies. Blends
of gasoline containing Fuel Ethanol, Methyl Tertiary Butyl
Ether (MTBE) or other oxygenates should be reported
according to the above criteria. Report gasohol or E10
as conventional gasoline in the grade of gasoline in
which it was sold.

Enter the 10-digit number assigned to the reporting firm
for this survey.

PART 5. MONTHLY STATE SALES OF
NO. 2 DISTILLATES AND PROPANE

Check the box to indicate whether this is: (1) an Original,
or (2) a Resubmission. If it is a resubmission, enter the
reference month for which this is a resubmission.

Enter the abbreviation for the State. This should be the
State where the transfer of title occurs. See Appendix A
for a list of State abbreviations.
PART 4. MONTHLY STATE SALES OF
FINISHED MOTOR GASOLINE
Finished Motor Gasoline
Report gasoline sales volumes and prices by category
and grade in accordance with their classification at the
time of sale. The intent of this form is to collect sales
volumes and prices for reformulated, oxygenated and
conventional gasoline sold as regular, midgrade, and
premium. For the majority of the United States, the
octane ranges “(R+M)/2" identified in the Definitions
(Section 11) are appropriate for distinguishing among the
three grades of gasoline to be reported.
Report all gasoline sales as defined in Section 11
regardless of its Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) rating. RVP
is a common measure of, and generic term for gasoline
volatility.
Report sales of finished gasoline only. Do not report
E85, ethanol (alcohol), or blendstocks (CBOB, RBOB)
sold separately for blending purposes.
Include in the column headed “Sales to Other End-Users”
all direct sales to end-users that were not made through
company-operated retail outlets. Sales made to retail

No. 2 Distillates
Report retail sales of No. 2 distillates by the type of
end-use customer. Refer to the definitions of No. 2
distillate in Section 11.
Include under the category "Residential Sales" those
sales of No. 2 distillate to individual households. Sales to
apartment buildings/complexes or other multi-family
dwellings should be excluded from the "Residential
Sales" category but included in the "Commercial/
lnstitutional Sales" category.
Include under the category “Commercial/Institutional
Sales” those sales of No. 2 distillate to firms engaged in
transportation, wholesale or retail trade, finance,
insurance and real estate. Also include sales to
apartment buildings/complexes or other multi-family
dwellings, hotels and office buildings or complexes, sales
to local, State or Federal Governmental facilities or
organizations, along with military sales including those
directed to post exchanges. Sales to schools, hospitals,
religious
institutions,
universities
or
other
government-supported organizations are also to be
included in this category. Include No. 2 distillate sales
for vessel bunkering/fueling under this category.
Include under the category "Industrial Sales" those sales
of No. 2 distillate to public or private firms engaged in
mining, construction, or manufacturing.

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Include under the category "Sales Through
Company-Operated Retail Outlets" those sales of ultralow and low sulfur No. 2 diesel fuel made through
company-operated retail outlets which are subject to
motor fuel gallonage taxes. Refer to the definition of
company-operated retail outlets.
Include under the category "Sales to Other End-Users"
(e.g., distillate sales to agricultural customers or to
utilities) sales of No. 2 distillate to end-use customers not
included in any of the above categories.
Report sales of No. 2 diesel fuel according to the parts
per million (ppm) sulfur content.

from petroleum or natural gas, or from raw materials
derived from petroleum or natural gas.
Include under the category “Sales to Other End-Users”
(e.g., propane sales to agricultural customers or to
utilities) sales of propane to end-user customers not
included in any of the above categories. Include sales of
propane for gas grills under this category.
PART 6. MONTHLY STATE SALES OF
RESIDUAL FUEL OIL
Include under the category "Retail Sales" all direct sales
to end-users. Include under the category "Wholesale
Sales" all sales to resellers or retailers.

Propane
Report retail sales of propane by the type of end-use
customer. Exclude the propane portion of any natural
gas liquid mixes, e.g., butane-propane mix.
Include under the category "Residential Sales" those
sales of propane for use in private households. Include
both sales of bottled gas delivered to the residence and
truck sales delivered to the customer's tank. Sales to
apartment buildings/complexes or other multi- family
dwellings should be excluded from the "Residential
Sales"
category
but
included
in
the
"Commercial/lnstitutional Sales" category.
Include under the category "Commercial/lnstitutional
Sales" those sales of propane to firms engaged in
wholesale or retail trade, finance, insurance and real
estate. Include sales to apartment building/complexes,
and other multi-family dwellings, hotels and office
buildings or complexes, sales to hospitals, religious
institutions, universities or other government supported
organizations.
However, all propane sales for
transportation use, including fleet vehicle use, regardless
of the customer's classification, should be excluded from
"Commercial/lnstitutional Sales" but included in the
"Sales Through Company-Operated Retail Outlets"
category.
Include under the category "Industrial Sales" those sales
of propane to public or private firms engaged in mining,
construction or manufacturing.
Propane sales to
petrochemical plants should be excluded from the
"Industrial Sales" category but included in the
"Petrochemical Sales" category.
Include under the category "Sales Through
Company-Operated Retail Outlets" those sales of
propane for on-highway vehicle transportation use
including fleet vehicle sales to private firms, local, State,
or Federal Governmental facilities, schools, religious
institutions, universities or other government-supported
organizations.
Include under the category "Petrochemical Sales" those
sales of propane to a manufacturer of chemicals derived

Residual fuel oil sales for vessel bunkering/fueling should
be reported under "Retail Sales."
8.

PROVISIONS REGARDING CONFIDENTIALITY
OF INFORMATION

The information reported on this form will be protected
and not disclosed to the public to the extent that it
satisfies the criteria for exemption under the Freedom of
Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. §552, the Department of
Energy (DOE) regulations, 10 C.F.R. §1004.11,
implementing the FOIA, and the Trade Secrets Act, 18
U.S.C. §1905.
The Federal Energy Administration Act requires the EIA
to provide company-specific data to other Federal
agencies when requested for official use.
The
information reported on this form may also be made
available, upon request, to another component of the
DOE; to any Committee of Congress, the Government
Accountability Office, or other Federal agencies
authorized by law to receive such information. A court of
competent jurisdiction may obtain this information in
response to an order. The information may be used for
any nonstatistical purposes such as administrative,
regulatory, law enforcement, or adjudicatory purposes.
Disclosure limitation procedures are applied to the
statistical data published from EIA-782B survey
information to ensure that the risk of disclosure of
identifiable information is very small.

9. SANCTIONS
The timely submission of Form EIA-782B by those
required to report is mandatory under Section 13(b) of
the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (FEAA)
(Public Law 93-275), as amended. Failure to respond
may result in a civil penalty of not more than $2,750 per
day for each violation, or a fine of not more than $5,000
per day for each criminal violation. The government may
bring a civil action to prohibit reporting violations which
may result in a temporary restraining order or a
preliminary or permanent injunction without bond. In such
civil action, the court may also issue mandatory

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injunctions commanding any person to comply with these
reporting requirements.

10. FILING
FORMS
WITH
FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT
AND
ESTIMATED
REPORTING BURDEN
Respondents are not required to file or reply to any
Federal collection of information unless it has a valid
OMB control number. Public reporting burden for this
collection of information is estimated to average 2.5
hours per response, including the time of reviewing
instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering
and maintaining the data needed, and completing and
reviewing the collection of information. Send comments
regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information including suggestions for
reducing this burden to: Energy Information
Administration, Statistics and Methods Group, EI-70,
1000 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20585; and to the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, Washington,
D.C. 20503.

11. DEFINITIONS
Affiliate - An entity which is directly or indirectly owned,
operated, or controlled by another entity.
ASTM - The acronym for the American Society for
Testing and Materials.
Bulk Sales - Wholesale sales of petroleum products in
individual transactions which exceed the size of a
truckload.
CBOB - “Conventional Blendstock for Oxygenate
Blending” is a motor gasoline blending component
intended for blending with oxygenates to produce
finished conventional motor gasoline.
Commercial/lnstitutional - Firms engaged in
transportation, wholesale or retail trade, finance,
insurance, and real estate. Included are apartment
buildings/complexes and other multi-family dwellings,
hotels, and office buildings or complexes, local, State or
Federal facilities or organizations including the military,
schools, hospitals, religious institutions, universities and
all other government-supported organizations.
Company-Operated Retail Outlet - Any retail outlet
(i.e., service station) that sells motor vehicle fuel and is
under the direct control of a firm that sells the retail
product price and directly collects all or part of the retail
margin. This category includes retail outlets operated by:
(1) salaried employees of the firm and/or its subsidiaries
and affiliates, (2) licensed or commissioned agents,
and/or (3) personnel services contracted by the firm.
Conventional Gasoline - See Finished Motor Gasoline.
Dealer Tank Wagon (DTW) Sales - Wholesale sales of
petroleum products priced on a delivered basis to a retail
outlet.

Distillate Fuel Oil - A general classification for one of the
petroleum fractions produced in conventional distillation
operations. It includes diesel fuels and fuel oils.
Products known as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 diesel fuel
are used in on-highway diesel engines, such as those in
trucks and automobiles, as well as off-highway engines,
such as those in railroad locomotives and agricultural
machinery. Products known as No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4
fuel oils are used primarily for space heating and electric
power generation.
a. No. 2 Distillate - A petroleum distillate that can be
used as either a diesel fuel (see No. 2 Diesel Fuel) or
a fuel oil (see No. 2 Fuel Oil).
(1) No. 2 Diesel Fuel - A distillate fuel oil that has a
distillation temperature of 640 degrees
Fahrenheit at the 90-percent recovery point and
meets the specifications defined in ASTM
Specification D 975. It is used in high-speed
diesel engines that are generally operated under
uniform speed and load conditions, such as
those in railroad locomotives, trucks, and
automobiles.
(a) Ultra-low Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel - No. 2
diesel fuel that has a sulfur level no higher
than 15 ppm. It is used primarily in motor
vehicle diesel engines for on-highway use.
(b) Low Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel - No. 2 diesel
fuel that has a sulfur level between 15 ppm
and 500 ppm (inclusive). It is used primarily
in motor vehicle diesel engines for onhighway use.
(c) High Sulfur No. 2 Diesel Fuel - No. 2
diesel fuel that has a sulfur level above 500
ppm.
(2) No. 2 Fuel Oil (Heating Oil) - A distillate fuel oil
that has distillation temperatures of 400 degrees
Fahrenheit at the 10-percent recovery point and
640 degrees Fahrenheit at the 90-percent
recovery point and meets the specifications
defined in ASTM Specification D 396. It is used
in atomizing type burners for domestic heating or
for moderate capacity commercial/industrial
burner units.
Finished Motor Gasoline - A complex mixture of
relatively volatile hydrocarbons with or without small
quantities of additives, blended to form a fuel suitable for
use in spark-ignition engines. Motor gasoline, as defined
in ASTM Specification D 4814 or Federal Specification
VV-G1690C, is characterized as having a boiling range
of 122 to 158 degrees Fahrenheit at the 10-percent
recovery point to 365 to 374 degrees Fahrenheit at the
90-percent recovery point. "Motor gasoline" includes
conventional gasoline; all types of oxygenated gasoline,
including gasohol; and reformulated gasoline, but
excludes aviation gasoline. Note: Volumetric data on
blending components, such as oxygenates, are not
counted in data on finished motor gasoline until the
blending components are blended into the gasoline.

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a. Reformulated Gasoline - Finished motor gasoline
formulated for use in motor vehicles, the composition
and properties of which meet the requirements of the
reformulated gasoline regulations promulgated by the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under Section
211(k) of the Clean Air Act. It includes gasoline
produced to meet or exceed emissions performance
and benzene content standards of federal-program
reformulated gasoline even though the gasoline may
not meet all of the composition requirements (e.g.
oxygen content) of federal-program reformulated
gasoline. Note: This category includes oxygenated
fuels program reformulated gasoline (OPRG) but
excludes reformulated gasoline blendstock for
oxygenate blending (RBOB).
b. Oxygenated Gasoline - Finished motor gasoline,
other than reformulated gasoline, having an oxygen
content of 2.7 percent or higher by weight and
required by the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) to be sold in areas designated by EPA
as carbon monoxide (CO) nonattainment areas.
Note: Oxygenated gasoline excludes oxygenated
fuels program reformulated gasoline (OPRG) and
reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate
blending (RBOB). Data on gasohol that has at least
2.7 percent oxygen, by weight, and is intended for
sale inside CO attainment areas are included in data
on oxygenated gasoline. Other data on gasohol are
included in data on conventional gasoline.
Oxygenated gasoline is included in conventional
gasoline beginning with January 2007 data.

consolidated entities only; (3) an unconsolidated entity;
or (4) any part or combination of the above.
Gas Plant Operator - Any firm, including a gas plant
owner, which operates a gas plant and keeps the gas
plant records. A gas plant is a facility in which natural gas
liquids are separated from natural gas, or in which
natural gas liquids are fractionated or otherwise
separated into natural gas liquid products or both.
Gasohol - A blend of finished motor gasoline and alcohol
(generally ethanol but sometimes methanol) at a
concentration of 10 percent or less by volume. Data on
gasohol that has at least 2.7 percent oxygen, by weight,
and is intended for sale inside carbon monoxide
nonattainment areas are included in data on oxygenated
gasoline.
Industrial - Firms engaged in mining, construction, or
manufacturing.
Nonattainment Areas - Any area that does not meet the
national primary or secondary ambient air quality
standard established by the Environmental Protection
Agency for designated pollutants, such as carbon
monoxide and ozone.
OPRG - "Oxygenated Fuels Program Reformulated
Gasoline" is reformulated gasoline which is intended for
use in an oxygenated fuels program control area during
an oxygenated fuels program control period.
Oxygenated Gasoline - See Finished Motor Gasoline.

c. Conventional Gasoline - Finished motor gasoline
not included in the oxygenated or reformulated
gasoline categories. Note: This category excludes
reformulated gasoline blendstock for oxygenate
blending (RBOB) as well as other blendstock.

Oxygenates - Substances which, when added to
gasoline, increase the amount of oxygen in that gasoline
blend. Ethanol, Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (MTBE),
Ethyl Tertiary Butyl Ether (ETBE), and methanol are
common oxygenates.

Within each of these three types of gasoline are the
following three grades:

Parent - A firm that directly or indirectly controls another
entity.

2. Midgrade Gasoline - Gasoline having an antiknock
index, i.e., octane rating, greater than or equal to 88
but less than or equal to 90.

Propane, Consumer Grade - A normally gaseous
paraffinic compound (C3H8), which includes all products
covered by Natural Gas Policy Act specifications for
commercial use and HD-5 propane and ASTM
Specification D 1835. It is a colorless paraffinic gas that
boils at a temperature of -43.67F. It does not include
the propane portion of any natural gas liquid mixes, e.g.,
butane-propane mix.

3. Premium Gasoline - Gasoline having an antiknock
index, i.e., octane rating, greater than 90.

Rack Sales – Wholesale truckload sales or smaller of
petroleum products where title transfers at a terminal.

Note: In general, automotive octane requirements are
lower at high altitudes. Therefore, in some areas of the
United States, such as the Rocky Mountain States, the
octane ranges for the gasoline grades above may be 2 or
more octane points lower.

Reference Month - The calendar month and year to
which the reported cost, price, and volume information
relates.

1. Regular Gasoline - Gasoline having an antiknock
index, i.e., octane rating, greater than or equal to 85
and less than 88.

Firm - Any association, company, corporation, estate,
individual,
joint-venture,
partnership,
or
sole
proprietorship or any other entity, however organized,
including: (a) charitable or educational institutions; (b) the
Federal
Government,
including
corporations,
departments,
Federal agencies, and other
instrumentalities; and (c) State and local governments. A
firm may consist of (1) a parent entity, including the
consolidated and unconsolidated entities (if any) that it
directly or indirectly controls; (2) a parent and its

Refiner - A firm or the part of a firm that refines products
or blends and substantially changes products, or refines
liquid hydrocarbons from oil and gas field gases, or
recovers liquefied petroleum gases incident to petroleum
refining and sells those products to resellers, retailers,
reseller/retailers or ultimate consumers. "Refiner"
includes any owner of products which contracts to have
those products refined and then sells the refined
products to resellers, retailers, or ultimate consumers.
RBOB - “Reformulated Gasoline Blendstock for
Oxygenate Blending” is a motor gasoline blending

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component which, when blended with a specified type
and percentage of oxygenate, meets the definition of
reformulated gasoline.
Reformulated Gasoline - See Finished Motor Gasoline.

F-770).
It is used in steam-powered vessels in
government service and inshore powerplants. No. 6 fuel
oil includes Bunker C fuel oil and is used for the
production of electric power, space heating, vessel
bunkering, and various industrial purposes.

Reseller - A firm (other than a refiner) that is engaged in
a trade or business that buys refined petroleum products
and then sells them to a purchaser who is not the
ultimate consumer of those refined products.

Retailer - A firm (other than a refiner, reseller, or
reseller/retailer) that carries on the trade or business of
purchasing refined petroleum products and reselling
them to ultimate consumers.

Reseller/Retailer - A firm (other than a refiner) that
carries on the trade or business activities of both a
reseller and a retailer; i.e., purchasing refined petroleum
products and reselling them to purchasers who may be
either ultimate or other than ultimate consumers.

Sale - The transfer of title of an energy commodity from
the seller to a buyer for a price or quantity transferred
during a specified period. EXCLUDES: Intrafirm
transfers, product consumed directly by the reporting
firm, sales of bonded fuel, and products delivered/loaned
to exchange partners except where the amount supplied
exceeds the amount received and the differential is
invoiced as a sale during the reference month.

Residential - Sales of No. 2 distillate and propane to
individual customers or households (as opposed to
businesses or institutions) who ostensibly use the fuel in
a residence for space heating, cooking, etc. Sales to
apartment buildings/complexes or to other multi-family
dwellings are excluded from the "Residential Sales"
category and are included in the "Commercial/
lnstitutional Sales" category.
Residual Fuel Oils - The heavier oils, known as No. 5
and No. 6 fuel oils, that remain after the distillate fuel oils
and lighter hydrocarbons are distilled away in refinery
operations. They conform to ASTM Specifications D 396
and D 975 and Federal Specification VV-F-815C. No. 5,
a residual fuel oil of medium viscosity, is also known as
Navy Special and is defined in Military Specification
MIL-F-859E, including Amendment 2 (NATO Symbol

Subsidiary - An entity directly or indirectly controlled by
a parent company which owns 50% or more of its voting
stock.
Unit Price -Total revenue derived from the sale of
product during the reference month divided by the total
volume sold; also known as the weighted average price.
Total revenue excludes all taxes but includes
transportation costs that were paid as part of the
purchase price.
United States - The 50 States and the District of
Columbia.

APPENDIX A

LIST OF STANDARD STATE ABBREVIATIONS
AL ... Alabama
AK ... Alaska
AZ ... Arizona
AR ... Arkansas
CA ... California
CO ... Colorado
CT ... Connecticut
DE ... Delaware
DC ... District of Columbia
FL ... Florida
GA ... Georgia
HI ... Hawaii
ID ... Idaho
IL ... Illinois
IN ... Indiana
IA ... Iowa
KS ... Kansas

KY
LA
ME
MD
MA
MI
MN
MS
MO
MT
NE
NV
NH
NJ
NM
NY
NC

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Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Carolina

ND
OH
OK
OR
PA
RI
SC
SD
TN
TX
UT
VT
VA
WA
WV
WI
WY

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North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming

EIA-782B, “Resellers’/Retailers’ Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report”

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