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Release Date: March 13, 2024 Next Release Date: March 20, 2024

Regular gasoline retail prices (dollars per gallon)

Retail average regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/13/23 03/11/24 03/04/24 02/26/24 02/19/24 02/12/24 02/05/24 01/29/24
U.S. 3.456 3.376 3.350 3.249 3.269 3.192 3.136 3.095
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.315 3.265 3.240 3.204 3.230 3.151 3.117 3.083
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.310 3.287 3.269 3.098 3.122 3.044 2.911 2.872
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.087 2.945 2.949 2.845 2.901 2.807 2.821 2.753
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.730 3.077 3.014 2.982 2.922 2.791 2.746 2.732
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.402 4.296 4.229 4.082 4.057 4.011 3.983 3.937
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/13/23 03/11/24 03/04/24 02/26/24 02/19/24 02/12/24 02/05/24 01/29/24
U.S. 3.350 3.270 3.243 3.145 3.159 3.083 3.021 2.979
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.317 3.286 3.253 3.207 3.234 3.150 3.110 3.064
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.280 3.234 3.213 3.055 3.079 3.008 2.879 2.837
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.108 2.960 2.959 2.868 2.910 2.818 2.822 2.753
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.730 3.116 3.073 3.023 2.941 2.830 2.757 2.746
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.019 3.922 3.856 3.746 3.650 3.629 3.635 3.645
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/13/23 03/11/24 03/04/24 02/26/24 02/19/24 02/12/24 02/05/24 01/29/24
U.S. 3.688 3.602 3.578 3.471 3.504 3.424 3.385 3.347
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.311 3.221 3.213 3.197 3.221 3.153 3.131 3.121
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.486 3.595 3.596 3.346 3.377 3.259 3.098 3.078
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.036 2.914 2.926 2.797 2.883 2.783 2.818 2.754
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA 2.927 2.785 2.823 2.847 2.640 2.704 2.676
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.640 4.529 4.462 4.292 4.312 4.251 4.201 4.120

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon)

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
Contract 1 2.646 2.527 2.614 2.277 2.336 2.340 2.148 2.294
Contract 2 2.638 2.521 2.605 2.509 2.578 2.569 2.380 2.326
Contract 3 2.607 2.497 2.573 2.500 2.568 2.563 2.381 2.546
Contract 4 2.570 2.461 2.530 2.471 2.532 2.529 2.356 2.543
Total gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 236.0 234.1 239.7 244.2 247.0 247.3 251.0 254.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 60.9 61.1 64.5 63.6 64.4 63.0 63.4 62.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 52.0 55.2 56.9 58.2 58.7 59.2 61.7 60.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 85.1 78.4 79.0 82.5 83.0 84.4 84.7 89.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 8.1 8.3 8.6 8.7 9.1 8.8 8.7 8.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 29.9 31.0 30.7 31.3 31.9 32.0 32.5 32.7
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 16.0 15.8 16.2 17.0 15.4 15.8 15.5 18.9
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.3 3.1 3.2 3.0 3.2 2.6 2.8 3.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.4 4.0 4.0 3.9 4.3 4.3 3.8 4.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 7.0 5.8 6.2 7.0 4.7 5.9 5.9 8.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.6 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
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
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 220.0 218.3 223.5 227.1 231.6 231.5 235.5 235.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 58.6 58.0 61.3 60.6 61.1 60.4 60.6 59.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 48.6 51.2 52.9 54.3 54.4 54.9 57.9 56.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 78.1 72.6 72.8 75.5 78.3 78.5 78.8 81.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.6 7.0 7.3 7.3 7.7 7.5 7.4 6.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 28.1 29.5 29.2 29.5 30.1 30.2 30.8 30.9
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 26.8 27.0 28.3 29.0 29.7 30.0 30.3 31.2
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
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 02/16/24 02/09/24 02/02/24 01/26/24
U.S. 26.4 25.8 26.1 26.0 25.5 25.8 24.8 24.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 8.7 8.9 8.5 8.4 8.4 8.6 8.0 7.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 9.9 10.2 10.4 10.0 10.0 10.3 9.9 9.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.1 4.1 4.4 4.8 4.3 4.2 4.0 3.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.3 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.7

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
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 9.456 9.496 9.312 9.158 9.111 9.911 9.626 9.419
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.119 3.096 3.103 3.057 3.154 3.123 3.182 3.113
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.320 2.327 2.314 2.295 2.373 2.392 2.323 2.345
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.130 2.223 2.192 2.147 2.112 2.224 2.208 2.248
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.307 0.349 0.339 0.332 0.313 0.369 0.349 0.345
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.402 1.381 1.374 1.366 1.427 1.374 1.371 1.408
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 6.364 6.404 6.359 6.253 6.429 6.457 6.449 6.479
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.994 1.957 1.957 1.921 2.023 1.975 2.021 1.977
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.994 2.000 1.992 1.972 2.045 2.042 2.001 2.028
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.657 1.743 1.722 1.682 1.618 1.709 1.739 1.771
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.307 0.283 0.272 0.266 0.313 0.300 0.280 0.281
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.412 0.422 0.416 0.412 0.430 0.431 0.408 0.421
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 2.914 2.972 2.963 2.944 2.950 3.024 2.984 2.980
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.125 1.139 1.146 1.136 1.131 1.148 1.161 1.136
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.326 0.327 0.322 0.323 0.327 0.350 0.323 0.317
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.473 0.480 0.470 0.465 0.494 0.515 0.470 0.477
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.066 0.067 0.066 0.000 0.070 0.068 0.064
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.990 0.959 0.958 0.954 0.998 0.942 0.963 0.987
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
Total gasoline 0.511 0.585 0.536 0.523 0.450 0.634 0.588 0.384
Conventional gasoline 0.075 0.046 0.031 0.031 0.079 0.071 0.055 0.036
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.436 0.539 0.505 0.492 0.371 0.563 0.533 0.349
Gasoline exports (million barrels per day) more exports data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
Total motor gasoline 0.785 0.860 0.853 0.844 0.891 0.999 0.782 0.752

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
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
U.S. 1.014 1.060 1.075 1.069 1.014 1.024 1.057 1.078
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.010 0.011 0.011 0.011
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.968 1.011 1.025 1.019 0.966 0.973 1.008 1.029
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.021 0.019 0.019 0.020 0.024 0.021 0.018 0.018
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.010 0.011 0.011 0.010 0.010 0.011 0.011 0.011
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.004 0.008 0.009 0.009 0.004 0.008 0.008 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
  03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24 03/10/23 03/08/24 03/01/24 02/23/24
Finished motor gasoline 8.794 8.681 8.462 8.410 8.594 9.044 9.013 8.467

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld