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Release Date: May 22, 2024 Next Release Date: May 30, 2024

Regular gasoline retail prices (dollars per gallon)

Retail average regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/22/23 05/20/24 05/13/24 05/06/24 04/29/24 04/22/24 04/15/24 04/08/24
U.S. 3.534 3.584 3.608 3.643 3.653 3.668 3.628 3.591
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.381 3.475 3.491 3.549 3.540 3.540 3.451 3.391
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.469 3.432 3.434 3.396 3.453 3.463 3.465 3.460
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.040 3.113 3.168 3.244 3.192 3.232 3.177 3.215
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.579 3.430 3.401 3.463 3.426 3.456 3.428 3.380
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.514 4.624 4.694 4.754 4.796 4.832 4.853 4.748
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/22/23 05/20/24 05/13/24 05/06/24 04/29/24 04/22/24 04/15/24 04/08/24
U.S. 3.416 3.451 3.463 3.487 3.498 3.506 3.479 3.448
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.354 3.445 3.457 3.522 3.505 3.500 3.455 3.395
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.399 3.371 3.369 3.327 3.384 3.405 3.395 3.383
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.069 3.134 3.153 3.215 3.175 3.199 3.158 3.184
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.579 3.464 3.477 3.532 3.532 3.553 3.547 3.493
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.297 4.317 4.378 4.413 4.442 4.425 4.430 4.363
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/22/23 05/20/24 05/13/24 05/06/24 04/29/24 04/22/24 04/15/24 04/08/24
U.S. 3.794 3.871 3.922 3.976 3.987 4.015 3.947 3.897
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.431 3.534 3.559 3.603 3.610 3.619 3.444 3.383
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.883 3.794 3.821 3.798 3.858 3.802 3.874 3.909
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.967 3.071 3.198 3.304 3.226 3.300 3.215 3.276
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA 3.295 3.108 3.195 3.016 3.082 2.969 2.941
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.646 4.816 4.892 4.967 5.017 5.086 5.117 4.989

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon)

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
Contract 1 2.576 NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.789
Contract 2 2.498 NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.766
Contract 3 2.438 NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.730
Contract 4 2.377 NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.679
Note: Futures Prices after April 5, 2024, are not available.
Total gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 216.3 226.8 227.8 228.0 227.1 226.7 227.4 228.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 53.1 56.1 55.5 54.7 53.6 51.9 53.2 53.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 43.7 49.0 49.8 51.7 51.3 52.6 53.3 53.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 85.0 83.8 84.6 83.8 85.0 85.9 84.4 84.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.6 8.1 8.4 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.8 29.9 29.4 29.0 28.4 27.5 27.7 29.1
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 16.2 16.2 15.3 15.2 14.6 14.9 14.5 13.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.5 3.0 2.5 2.7 3.3 3.3 2.8 3.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.0 4.0 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 7.0 6.0 6.4 6.1 4.9 5.2 5.5 4.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.1 1.1 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.7 2.1 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.2
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Blending components stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 200.1 210.6 212.5 212.7 212.4 211.8 212.9 214.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 50.6 53.0 53.1 51.9 50.3 48.7 50.3 50.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 39.8 45.0 46.3 48.0 47.7 49.3 49.9 49.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 78.1 77.8 78.3 77.7 80.1 80.7 78.9 79.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.5 7.0 7.2 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 26.1 27.8 27.6 27.5 26.9 25.6 26.2 27.8
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 23.9 25.5 26.2 26.4 26.5 26.0 25.8 25.8
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. total gasoline stocks / Four-week average U.S. finished motor gasoline demand

Fuel ethanol stocks (million barrels)

Fuel ethanol stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 22.0 24.2 24.5 24.2 25.5 25.7 26.1 26.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.2 7.7 7.9 8.0 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 8.4 9.4 9.6 9.2 10.1 10.1 10.7 11.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.9 4.5 4.3 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.2

Gasoline production, imports, and exports (million barrels per day)

Finished gasoline production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. 9.750 9.660 9.433 9.363 10.315 10.049 9.698 9.495
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.225 3.266 3.247 3.228 3.305 3.293 3.298 3.236
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.530 2.542 2.503 2.482 2.585 2.603 2.530 2.511
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.182 2.260 2.247 2.239 2.137 2.149 2.264 2.300
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.311 0.374 0.371 0.371 0.310 0.382 0.372 0.372
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.476 1.434 1.425 1.416 1.499 1.450 1.426 1.417
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. 6.712 6.774 6.717 6.678 6.779 6.727 6.791 6.766
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.060 2.089 2.074 2.057 2.107 2.101 2.121 2.070
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.198 2.208 2.177 2.158 2.249 2.254 2.202 2.179
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.701 1.745 1.733 1.726 1.653 1.622 1.747 1.791
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.311 0.311 0.308 0.307 0.310 0.320 0.312 0.309
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.441 0.421 0.425 0.431 0.460 0.431 0.409 0.417
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. 3.013 3.101 3.076 3.058 3.057 3.149 3.100 3.070
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.165 1.177 1.173 1.171 1.198 1.192 1.178 1.166
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.332 0.334 0.326 0.325 0.336 0.349 0.327 0.332
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.481 0.515 0.514 0.513 0.484 0.528 0.517 0.509
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.063 0.063 0.065 0.000 0.062 0.060 0.063
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.035 1.013 1.000 0.985 1.039 1.019 1.017 1.001
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
Total gasoline 0.815 0.799 0.801 0.796 0.763 0.773 0.726 0.719
Conventional gasoline 0.117 0.135 0.124 0.148 0.115 0.165 0.078 0.193
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.697 0.664 0.676 0.648 0.649 0.608 0.648 0.526
Gasoline exports (million barrels per day) more exports data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
Total motor gasoline 0.811 0.849 0.851 0.833 0.711 0.770 0.897 0.807

Fuel ethanol production (million barrels per day)

Fuel ethanol production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. 0.978 0.993 0.977 0.972 0.983 1.019 1.000 0.965
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.012 0.012 0.011 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.924 0.940 0.925 0.918 0.931 0.964 0.954 0.914
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.024 0.021 0.020 0.023 0.022 0.023 0.016 0.022
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.013 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.014 0.011 0.009 0.008
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.004 0.009 0.010 0.010 0.005 0.009 0.010 0.009

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day)

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
Finished motor gasoline 9.066 8.901 8.678 8.625 9.437 9.315 8.875 8.797

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld