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Release date: April 25, 2018  |  Next release date: May 2, 2018

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Regular gasoline retail prices (dollars per gallon)

U.S. retail regular gasoline prices graph
Retail average regular gasoline prices graph
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices graph
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices graph
Retail average regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/24/17 04/23/18 04/16/18 04/09/18 04/02/18 03/26/18 03/19/18 03/12/18
U.S. 2.449 2.798 2.747 2.694 2.700 2.648 2.598 2.559
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.416 2.751 2.688 2.638 2.647 2.592 2.536 2.509
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.358 2.657 2.602 2.550 2.565 2.515 2.495 2.439
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.225 2.546 2.496 2.423 2.428 2.381 2.304 2.274
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.413 2.772 2.734 2.639 2.599 2.528 2.443 2.423
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.891 3.391 3.367 3.330 3.327 3.274 3.215 3.170
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/24/17 04/23/18 04/16/18 04/09/18 04/02/18 03/26/18 03/19/18 03/12/18
U.S. 2.372 2.696 2.644 2.587 2.592 2.541 2.494 2.455
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.405 2.730 2.670 2.619 2.633 2.568 2.519 2.480
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.338 2.636 2.583 2.531 2.546 2.505 2.480 2.434
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.213 2.552 2.504 2.433 2.430 2.382 2.305 2.283
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.413 2.772 2.734 2.639 2.599 2.528 2.443 2.423
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.761 3.153 3.120 3.072 3.035 2.997 2.932 2.875
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/24/17 04/23/18 04/16/18 04/09/18 04/02/18 03/26/18 03/19/18 03/12/18
U.S. 2.609 3.014 2.963 2.918 2.927 2.871 2.817 2.777
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.435 2.785 2.715 2.670 2.670 2.630 2.565 2.555
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.494 2.796 2.728 2.677 2.684 2.579 2.588 2.467
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.268 2.528 2.466 2.388 2.423 2.377 2.301 2.245
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.948 3.495 3.475 3.443 3.455 3.395 3.338 3.299

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon)

RBOB regular gasoline futures price contract 1 graph
RBOB regular gasoline futures price contract 2 graph
RBOB regular gasoline futures price contract 3 graph
RBOB regular gasoline futures price contract 4 graph
RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
Contract 1 1.645 2.096 2.065 1.955 NA 2.034 1.946 1.904
Contract 2 1.645 2.100 2.069 1.959 NA 2.042 1.957 1.918
Contract 3 1.642 2.096 2.063 1.953 NA 2.044 1.959 1.921
Contract 4 1.631 2.085 2.052 1.940 NA 2.038 1.950 1.913
Note: Market were closed on 3/30/2018.

Gasoline stocks (million barrels) and days of supply

U.S. gasoline stocks graph
Regional gasoline stocks graph
U.S. conventional gasoline stocks graph
U.S. reformulated gasoline stocks graph
U.S. blending components gasoline stocks graph
U.S. gasoline days of supply graph
Total gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
U.S. 241.0 236.8 236.0 238.9 238.5 239.6 243.1 244.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 67.9 60.8 60.3 60.5 57.4 56.3 59.7 59.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 55.3 56.6 57.0 57.8 57.8 58.3 58.8 60.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 79.3 82.5 81.0 81.7 83.2 84.2 83.8 84.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.8 7.4 7.3 7.5 7.9 8.1 8.1 8.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 30.7 29.6 30.4 31.4 32.0 32.7 32.8 32.4
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
U.S. 21.6 23.3 23.1 25.0 24.2 24.5 24.5 24.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.6 3.8 4.6 4.4 3.8 4.3 4.5 4.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.1 6.7 6.4 6.7 6.1 6.2 6.2 6.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 7.2 8.8 8.0 9.9 10.0 9.7 9.9 10.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.8 1.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.1 2.0
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
U.S. 0.0 0.0 0.1 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
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
U.S. 219.4 213.5 212.8 213.9 214.2 215.0 218.5 220.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 63.3 57.0 55.7 56.1 53.6 52.0 55.2 55.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 49.2 49.9 50.6 51.2 51.7 52.1 52.6 54.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 72.1 73.7 73.0 71.8 73.2 74.5 73.8 74.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.1 5.6 5.7 5.6 5.9 6.2 6.3 6.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 28.7 27.3 27.9 29.2 29.7 30.2 30.6 30.3
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
U.S. 26.1 25.3 25.1 25.8 25.5 25.6 26.2 26.6
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)

U.S. fuel ethanol stocks graph
Regional fuel ethanol stocks graph
Fuel ethanol stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 03/30/18 03/23/18 03/16/18 03/09/18
U.S. 23.3 21.7 21.3 21.8 22.4 22.8 23.8 24.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 8.5 6.9 6.6 6.8 7.1 7.0 7.5 7.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.8 7.8 7.9 8.3 8.3 8.4 9.0 9.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.0 3.8 3.7 3.7 4.0 4.4 4.2 4.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.6 2.8 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.6 2.7 2.5

Gasoline production and imports (million barrels per day)

U.S. finished gasoline production graph
U.S. conventional gasoline production graph
U.S. reformulated gasoline production graph
U.S. total gasoline imports graph
Finished gasoline production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18
U.S. 9.736 10.089 10.193 10.125 9.710 9.886 10.204 10.150
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.175 3.171 3.152 3.119 3.223 3.172 3.240 3.110
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.528 2.512 2.500 2.495 2.593 2.518 2.551 2.492
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.124 2.410 2.431 2.411 2.159 2.370 2.423 2.472
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.314 0.293 0.303 0.311 0.326 0.269 0.289 0.308
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.637 1.607 1.600 1.605 1.632 1.617 1.609 1.605
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18
U.S. 6.546 6.775 6.783 6.734 6.702 6.703 6.859 6.824
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.911 1.914 1.909 1.883 1.945 1.891 1.957 1.898
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.171 2.152 2.141 2.132 2.227 2.152 2.183 2.146
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.652 1.928 1.944 1.916 1.701 1.906 1.950 1.973
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.314 0.293 0.303 0.311 0.326 0.269 0.289 0.308
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.499 0.488 0.486 0.492 0.503 0.486 0.481 0.500
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18
U.S. 3.232 3.218 3.203 3.207 3.232 3.243 3.254 3.163
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.264 1.257 1.243 1.236 1.278 1.281 1.283 1.212
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.357 0.360 0.359 0.363 0.366 0.367 0.368 0.346
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.472 0.482 0.487 0.495 0.459 0.464 0.474 0.499
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.139 1.119 1.114 1.113 1.129 1.132 1.128 1.106
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18
Total gasoline 0.714 0.754 0.702 0.666 0.916 0.896 0.705 0.655
Conventional gasoline 0.061 0.018 0.018 0.040 0.134 0.007 0.036 0.020
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.652 0.736 0.683 0.626 0.782 0.889 0.669 0.635

Fuel ethanol production (million barrels per day)

U.S. fuel ethanol production graph
Regional fuel ethanol production graph
Fuel ethanol production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18
U.S. 0.996 1.016 1.030 1.040 0.987 0.985 1.009 1.034
East Coast (PADD 1) W 0.027 0.027 0.027 W 0.026 0.026 0.026
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.911 0.928 0.941 0.951 0.902 0.893 0.925 0.947
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) W 0.027 0.026 0.027 W 0.031 0.023 0.026
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) W 0.014 0.014 0.014 W 0.014 0.014 0.015
West Coast (PADD 5) W 0.021 0.021 0.020 W 0.021 0.021 0.020

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day)

U.S. gasoline demand graph
Gasoline demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18 04/21/17 04/20/18 04/13/18 04/06/18
Finished motor gasoline 9.237 9.354 9.385 9.252 9.206 9.083 9.857 9.273

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld