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Release date: January 23, 2020  |  Next release date: January 29, 2020

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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
  01/21/19 01/20/20 01/13/20 01/06/20 12/30/19 12/23/19 12/16/19 12/09/19
U.S. 2.251 2.537 2.570 2.578 2.571 2.532 2.536 2.561
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.242 2.496 2.519 2.539 2.501 2.463 2.458 2.478
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.039 2.390 2.441 2.434 2.452 2.403 2.391 2.424
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.914 2.230 2.275 2.277 2.282 2.215 2.228 2.203
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.272 2.574 2.608 2.642 2.663 2.690 2.730 2.791
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.957 3.184 3.199 3.208 3.219 3.228 3.274 3.337
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/21/19 01/20/20 01/13/20 01/06/20 12/30/19 12/23/19 12/16/19 12/09/19
U.S. 2.147 2.448 2.482 2.494 2.488 2.447 2.448 2.478
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.201 2.482 2.501 2.528 2.488 2.447 2.447 2.476
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.021 2.367 2.418 2.417 2.438 2.383 2.371 2.403
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.931 2.253 2.290 2.297 2.289 2.233 2.236 2.230
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.272 2.574 2.608 2.642 2.663 2.690 2.730 2.791
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.774 2.919 2.942 2.952 2.972 2.981 3.025 3.092
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/21/19 01/20/20 01/13/20 01/06/20 12/30/19 12/23/19 12/16/19 12/09/19
U.S. 2.468 2.731 2.762 2.761 2.751 2.718 2.730 2.745
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.317 2.523 2.552 2.559 2.525 2.493 2.478 2.482
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.141 2.524 2.579 2.535 2.533 2.517 2.508 2.546
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.874 2.174 2.240 2.228 2.264 2.171 2.209 2.135
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.059 3.335 3.345 3.354 3.361 3.376 3.423 3.484

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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
Contract 1 1.453 1.641 1.660 1.749 1.747 1.706 1.663 1.647
Contract 2 1.466 1.655 1.668 1.759 1.745 1.707 1.667 1.651
Contract 3 1.658 1.841 1.851 1.935 1.755 1.716 1.678 1.663
Contract 4 1.674 1.846 1.854 1.935 1.926 1.888 1.850 1.839

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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
U.S. 259.6 260.0 258.3 251.6 242.5 239.3 237.3 234.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 68.1 65.3 65.2 64.6 63.9 62.3 62.9 62.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 61.2 58.2 56.5 55.1 53.5 52.0 51.6 50.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 90.6 95.3 94.3 91.0 85.6 85.7 83.4 83.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.3 8.8 8.4 8.3 7.9 7.6 7.6 7.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 32.4 32.4 33.8 32.6 31.6 31.6 31.6 31.1
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
U.S. 28.8 28.6 27.3 26.4 26.1 24.7 23.5 24.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.1 5.0 4.3 4.7 4.9 4.5 4.1 4.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.2 7.1 7.1 7.3 7.1 7.0 7.2 6.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 12.6 12.0 11.6 9.9 9.8 8.7 7.5 8.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.6 2.1 2.1 2.0 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.4 2.7 2.9 2.8
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
U.S. 230.8 231.4 230.9 225.1 216.3 214.5 213.7 210.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 62.9 60.3 60.9 59.9 59.0 57.9 58.8 57.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 54.0 51.1 49.5 47.8 46.4 45.0 44.5 43.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 78.0 83.3 82.8 81.1 75.8 77.0 76.0 75.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.6 6.6 6.3 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.7 5.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 30.2 30.1 31.4 30.2 29.2 28.8 28.7 28.3
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
U.S. 29.8 30.3 29.6 28.1 26.5 26.1 26.0 25.9
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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 12/27/19 12/20/19 12/13/19 12/06/19
U.S. 23.5 24.0 23.0 22.5 21.0 21.5 21.8 21.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.5 8.1 7.5 7.4 6.7 7.1 7.3 7.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 8.2 8.2 8.0 8.1 7.6 7.3 6.9 7.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.4 4.7 4.3 3.8 3.6 3.8 4.1 4.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.1 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.2

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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20
U.S. 9.528 9.469 9.652 9.792 9.604 9.535 9.281 8.887
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.061 3.013 3.079 3.137 3.124 3.063 2.999 2.844
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.385 2.370 2.431 2.496 2.463 2.394 2.378 2.226
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.365 2.368 2.405 2.393 2.362 2.293 2.423 2.250
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.302 0.299 0.304 0.308 0.314 0.297 0.306 0.288
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.467 1.478 1.502 1.504 1.493 1.474 1.505 1.427
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20
U.S. 6.547 6.541 6.683 6.748 6.605 6.444 6.623 6.278
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.830 1.810 1.852 1.879 1.833 1.829 1.826 1.731
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.052 2.036 2.089 2.145 2.106 2.052 2.042 1.920
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.931 1.943 1.972 1.954 1.906 1.852 1.986 1.871
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.302 0.299 0.304 0.308 0.314 0.297 0.306 0.288
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.433 0.453 0.466 0.461 0.444 0.415 0.462 0.467
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20
U.S. 3.032 2.986 3.038 3.092 3.151 3.077 2.988 2.757
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.231 1.204 1.227 1.258 1.290 1.234 1.173 1.112
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.333 0.333 0.342 0.351 0.356 0.342 0.336 0.306
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.434 0.424 0.433 0.440 0.456 0.442 0.437 0.379
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.034 1.025 1.036 1.043 1.049 1.059 1.043 0.960
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20
Total gasoline 0.451 0.470 0.478 0.497 0.561 0.563 0.443 0.401
Conventional gasoline 0.029 0.062 0.048 0.048 0.014 0.125 0.010 0.094
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.421 0.408 0.429 0.449 0.547 0.438 0.433 0.307

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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20
U.S. 1.023 1.068 1.077 1.069 1.031 1.049 1.095 1.062
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.026 0.024 0.024 0.028 0.025
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.949 0.990 0.998 0.991 0.957 0.974 1.012 0.984
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.016 0.022 0.022 0.022 0.016 0.021 0.025 0.022
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.020 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.020 0.015 0.016 0.017

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
  01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20 01/18/19 01/17/20 01/10/20 01/03/20
Finished motor gasoline 8.698 8.579 8.739 8.952 8.868 8.662 8.558 8.133

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld