Maryland sits in the Mid-Atlantic band that prices above the Midwest and below New York. Oil-heated homes cluster on the Eastern Shore and in the western counties.
EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program / EIA SHOPP weekly residential, Maryland / published 30 March 2026 / checked 23 September 2026 / lag 177 daysthree to six months oldtier A
State level print for the week ending 30 March 2026. The survey pauses after March, so this figure ages until the season resumes in October.
Where this sits
Of the twenty one states with a published print for this week, Maryland ranks 11. The cheapest is Nebraska at $3.97 and the dearest is Delaware at $5.91, a spread of $1.94 a gallon. On a 261 gallon fill that national spread is worth $506.60.
150 gallons
$791.40
261 gallons
$1,377.04
314 gallons
$1,656.66
523 gallons
$2,759.35
The market here
A split market: Eastern Shore rural delivery on one side, western Maryland mountain delivery on the other, and a mostly gas-served corridor in between.
Fuel rules
No statewide blend mandate.
Ordering
The Mid-Atlantic is where the national spread is widest at the top end, so compare against the state print rather than the national one when judging a quote.
The last sixty weeks
8 Apr 2024 to 30 Mar 2026 / 60 readings
low 3.525$ / high 5.376$
Kerosene scale / 60 week window / colour is price level, never anything else
Bands are quintiles of the 60 week window in dollars per gallon. There is no red and green pair anywhere on this site. Direction is carried by the delta glyph in the text, not by colour.
The last five seasons
| Season | Average | Low | Peak | 261 gallon fill at the average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-22 | $3.88 | $3.28 | $5.08 | $1,011.38 |
| 2022-23 | $5.01 | $4.21 | $6.04 | $1,307.09 |
| 2023-24 | $4.26 | $4.09 | $4.49 | $1,111.08 |
| 2024-25 | $3.80 | $3.58 | $4.10 | $990.50 |
| 2025-26 | $4.05 | $3.59 | $5.38 | $1,055.74 |
The state survey and the federal print
Maryland points at the Maryland Energy Administration. Where a state runs its own dealer survey it usually samples more dealers than the federal collection does in that state, so the two figures will not match exactly and neither is wrong. Use the state survey to sanity check a quote in the week you order, and the federal series to compare across states.
Assistance
Help here runs through Maryland Office of Home Energy Programs. Applications go to the state, never to the federal office, and for a delivered fuel the benefit is normally paid to a participating dealer against a delivery rather than to the household.
Primary sources for this page
- EIA State Heating Oil and Propane ProgramWeekly residential delivered price of No. 2 heating oil, national and by state. Collected October to March. The survey pauses after the last March print and resumes in October, which is why every federal page shows March data all summer.
- Maryland Energy AdministrationThe Maryland state price source. Linked rather than restated, because it updates on its own schedule.
- Maryland Office of Home Energy ProgramsThe assistance route for this state. Eligibility and amounts are set by the state and change each program year.
- EIA Residential Energy Consumption SurveyHousehold fuel shares and consumption. Used for context, never for a price.