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Posted August 27, 2025

Transportation fuel demand remains below pre-pandemic levels ›

monthly U.S. demand for selected petroleum products

Data source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Petroleum Supply Monthly

Five years after the COVID-19 national emergency was declared, gasoline demand, distillate demand, and jet fuel demand all remain less than pre-pandemic averages. Several factors are keeping demand, which we track as product supplied, below pre-pandemic levels. For example, increased fuel efficiency in the vehicle and aircraft fleets has offset increased travel, and demand for petroleum-based distillate fuel oil has been partially replaced by biomass-based distillate fuels.

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  • 12245
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  • $2.76
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  • $0.637 /million Btu
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