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Release date: October 17, 2019  |  Next release date: October 23, 2019

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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
  10/15/18 10/14/19 10/07/19 09/30/19 09/23/19 09/16/19 09/09/19 09/02/19
U.S. 2.879 2.629 2.645 2.642 2.654 2.552 2.550 2.563
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.809 2.462 2.486 2.506 2.540 2.453 2.462 2.480
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.758 2.478 2.499 2.488 2.585 2.456 2.438 2.464
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.627 2.257 2.282 2.326 2.353 2.233 2.236 2.226
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.982 2.706 2.712 2.709 2.698 2.654 2.633 2.628
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.494 3.665 3.642 3.547 3.337 3.254 3.254 3.249
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/15/18 10/14/19 10/07/19 09/30/19 09/23/19 09/16/19 09/09/19 09/02/19
U.S. 2.806 2.495 2.513 2.518 2.561 2.454 2.450 2.461
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.797 2.446 2.478 2.494 2.533 2.425 2.432 2.445
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.744 2.446 2.469 2.465 2.557 2.427 2.416 2.433
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.641 2.287 2.305 2.337 2.347 2.231 2.216 2.223
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.982 2.706 2.712 2.709 2.698 2.654 2.633 2.628
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.324 3.204 3.137 3.083 3.020 2.997 3.000 2.992
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/15/18 10/14/19 10/07/19 09/30/19 09/23/19 09/16/19 09/09/19 09/02/19
U.S. 3.034 2.919 2.929 2.907 2.852 2.763 2.765 2.782
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.832 2.491 2.501 2.530 2.552 2.506 2.517 2.546
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.842 2.663 2.671 2.625 2.746 2.625 2.564 2.644
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.591 2.185 2.226 2.297 2.368 2.239 2.286 2.236
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.591 3.927 3.929 3.811 3.518 3.400 3.399 3.396

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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
Contract 1 1.942 1.639 1.573 1.651 1.678 1.553 1.574 1.613
Contract 2 1.940 1.593 1.523 1.607 1.647 1.535 1.553 1.530
Contract 3 1.943 1.570 1.500 1.567 1.613 1.514 1.532 1.503
Contract 4 1.955 1.567 1.499 1.547 1.595 1.505 1.523 1.481

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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
U.S. 234.2 226.2 228.8 230.0 230.2 229.7 228.9 229.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 70.0 62.9 63.5 64.9 64.4 62.4 63.7 65.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 51.7 50.6 51.0 51.0 50.7 52.5 53.0 51.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 78.1 79.1 80.4 79.4 80.3 78.6 76.0 77.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.7 7.4 7.7 7.7 7.7 7.6 7.5 7.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.6 26.2 26.3 27.0 27.1 28.6 28.7 28.4
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
U.S. 24.6 22.9 23.2 23.4 22.5 21.8 22.7 22.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.4 4.8 5.2 5.2 5.1 4.3 4.5 4.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.7 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.5 6.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 8.7 7.7 7.5 7.8 7.1 7.5 7.7 6.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.3 2.4
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
U.S. 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
U.S. 209.5 203.2 205.5 206.6 207.7 207.8 206.2 207.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 64.6 58.1 58.2 59.7 59.3 58.1 59.1 60.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 45.0 44.0 44.4 44.7 44.4 46.2 46.5 44.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 69.4 71.4 72.9 71.6 73.2 71.1 68.4 70.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.1 5.7 5.9 5.8 5.9 5.8 5.7 5.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 25.5 24.1 24.1 24.7 24.9 26.6 26.4 26.0
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
U.S. 25.8 24.3 24.8 24.7 24.5 24.1 23.6 23.6
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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 09/20/19 09/13/19 09/06/19 08/30/19
U.S. 24.1 22.1 21.2 23.2 22.5 23.2 22.5 23.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 8.2 7.0 6.9 7.5 7.3 7.5 6.9 7.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.9 6.9 6.7 7.2 6.8 7.4 7.4 7.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.5 4.6 4.3 5.1 5.3 5.1 5.0 5.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.1 2.8 2.8 2.9 2.8

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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19
U.S. 9.981 10.096 9.959 10.033 10.430 9.998 10.066 10.081
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.120 3.278 3.235 3.248 3.267 3.262 3.249 3.278
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.583 2.613 2.580 2.583 2.605 2.641 2.570 2.586
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.429 2.247 2.214 2.227 2.594 2.430 2.200 2.233
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.330 0.331 0.329 0.330 0.326 0.331 0.329 0.332
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.589 1.585 1.589 1.597 1.572 1.559 1.557 1.621
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19
U.S. 6.824 6.826 6.738 6.773 7.113 6.971 6.727 6.821
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.859 2.000 1.966 1.977 1.980 1.974 1.998 1.996
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.219 2.264 2.237 2.236 2.248 2.279 2.238 2.242
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.953 1.774 1.746 1.763 2.105 1.943 1.719 1.761
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.330 0.331 0.329 0.330 0.326 0.331 0.329 0.332
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.462 0.458 0.460 0.466 0.454 0.444 0.442 0.491
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19
U.S. 3.228 3.227 3.210 3.214 3.250 3.252 3.179 3.229
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.261 1.278 1.270 1.271 1.287 1.288 1.251 1.283
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.363 0.349 0.344 0.347 0.357 0.362 0.333 0.343
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.477 0.473 0.468 0.463 0.489 0.487 0.481 0.472
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.127 1.127 1.129 1.131 1.118 1.115 1.114 1.131
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19
Total gasoline 0.666 0.734 0.697 0.735 0.394 0.651 0.642 0.843
Conventional gasoline 0.093 0.093 0.084 0.081 0.054 0.094 0.170 0.100
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.573 0.641 0.613 0.655 0.340 0.558 0.472 0.743

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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19
U.S. 1.026 0.959 0.967 0.982 1.011 0.971 0.963 0.958
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.026 0.021 0.023 0.024 0.025 0.019 0.023 0.020
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.938 0.890 0.896 0.910 0.927 0.905 0.890 0.887
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.028 0.019 0.020 0.020 0.026 0.017 0.020 0.022
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.014 0.013 0.012 0.012 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.020 0.016 0.015 0.015 0.019 0.016 0.016 0.015

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
  10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19 10/12/18 10/11/19 10/04/19 09/27/19
Finished motor gasoline 9.087 9.324 9.221 9.307 9.182 9.354 9.460 9.137

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld