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This Week in Petroleum

Release date: October 21, 2020  |  Next release date: October 28, 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
  10/21/19 10/19/20 10/12/20 10/05/20 09/28/20 09/21/20 09/14/20 09/07/20
U.S. 2.638 2.150 2.167 2.172 2.169 2.168 2.183 2.211
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.482 2.118 2.131 2.130 2.108 2.114 2.138 2.168
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.476 2.000 2.032 2.049 2.059 2.034 2.027 2.066
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.279 1.830 1.839 1.827 1.836 1.838 1.857 1.890
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.728 2.257 2.264 2.274 2.296 2.314 2.329 2.345
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.649 2.790 2.798 2.807 2.817 2.836 2.855 2.858
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/21/19 10/19/20 10/12/20 10/05/20 09/28/20 09/21/20 09/14/20 09/07/20
U.S. 2.512 2.064 2.084 2.091 2.088 2.078 2.091 2.122
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.472 2.098 2.116 2.123 2.096 2.098 2.124 2.156
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.451 1.975 2.008 2.024 2.035 2.001 1.994 2.033
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.289 1.859 1.856 1.848 1.851 1.852 1.865 1.893
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.728 2.257 2.264 2.274 2.296 2.314 2.329 2.345
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.250 2.551 2.568 2.568 2.587 2.602 2.628 2.631
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/21/19 10/19/20 10/12/20 10/05/20 09/28/20 09/21/20 09/14/20 09/07/20
U.S. 2.910 2.338 2.350 2.349 2.346 2.365 2.383 2.405
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.502 2.155 2.159 2.144 2.131 2.142 2.165 2.188
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.619 2.153 2.179 2.203 2.205 2.236 2.231 2.265
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.253 1.760 1.799 1.777 1.800 1.803 1.839 1.883
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.876 2.932 2.935 2.947 2.954 2.973 2.988 2.992

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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
Contract 1 1.623 1.169 1.203 1.124 1.214 1.237 1.095 1.177
Contract 2 1.578 1.154 1.180 1.101 1.190 1.210 1.083 1.154
Contract 3 1.555 1.150 1.172 1.098 1.172 1.193 1.072 1.139
Contract 4 1.552 1.159 1.181 1.108 1.172 1.194 1.077 1.143

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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 223.1 227.0 225.1 226.7 228.2 227.5 231.5 231.9
East Coast (PADD 1) 62.4 60.1 59.5 61.5 59.8 59.4 62.2 60.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 48.6 48.3 47.6 46.2 45.6 46.5 48.1 48.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 78.6 81.7 80.0 80.4 84.2 84.2 84.4 86.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.3 7.2 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 26.3 29.7 30.6 31.2 31.1 30.0 29.6 29.4
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 22.8 23.6 23.0 23.3 24.1 25.2 23.7 24.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.8 3.6 3.3 3.0 3.8 3.8 3.4 3.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.6 6.8 6.4 6.7 6.7 6.5 6.9 7.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 7.3 8.7 9.1 9.4 9.5 10.4 9.0 9.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.2 2.6 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.7 2.8
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 200.3 203.4 202.1 203.4 204.0 202.3 207.8 207.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 57.5 56.4 56.2 58.4 55.9 55.5 58.8 56.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 42.0 41.5 41.1 39.5 38.9 40.0 41.2 41.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 71.3 73.0 70.9 71.0 74.7 73.8 75.4 77.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.4 5.3 5.5 5.7 5.8 5.6 5.6 5.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 24.0 27.2 28.3 28.7 28.7 27.4 26.9 26.5
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 23.8 26.5 26.1 26.4 26.9 26.6 26.6 26.5
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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 09/25/20 09/18/20 09/11/20 09/04/20
U.S. 21.4 19.7 20.0 19.7 19.7 20.0 19.8 20.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 6.7 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.1 6.4 6.3 6.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.0 6.2 6.3 6.5 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.3 3.6 3.6 3.1 3.8 3.6 3.5 3.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.0 3.1 3.3 3.2 3.2 3.2 3.2 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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20
U.S. 10.061 9.147 9.242 9.137 10.098 8.933 9.240 9.522
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.257 2.946 2.954 2.930 3.238 2.909 3.030 2.864
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.605 2.407 2.399 2.381 2.624 2.416 2.450 2.347
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.283 2.057 2.075 2.103 2.269 1.947 1.987 2.172
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.331 0.301 0.301 0.301 0.329 0.297 0.307 0.293
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.576 1.380 1.363 1.361 1.568 1.391 1.402 1.369
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20
U.S. 6.835 6.289 6.293 6.293 6.820 6.162 6.321 6.299
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.985 1.829 1.828 1.807 1.974 1.816 1.890 1.772
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.253 2.096 2.092 2.078 2.252 2.094 2.134 2.051
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.804 1.651 1.670 1.702 1.794 1.533 1.568 1.775
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.331 0.301 0.301 0.301 0.329 0.297 0.307 0.293
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.462 0.413 0.402 0.405 0.470 0.422 0.421 0.408
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20
U.S. 3.217 2.802 2.801 2.782 3.209 2.798 2.856 2.745
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.272 1.117 1.126 1.123 1.265 1.093 1.139 1.091
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.353 0.311 0.307 0.303 0.372 0.322 0.316 0.296
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.479 0.407 0.406 0.401 0.474 0.414 0.419 0.397
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.114 0.967 0.961 0.955 1.098 0.969 0.981 0.961
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20
Total gasoline 0.708 0.622 0.613 0.664 0.697 0.509 0.398 0.849
Conventional gasoline 0.114 0.116 0.123 0.127 0.093 0.137 0.011 0.165
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.594 0.506 0.491 0.536 0.604 0.372 0.387 0.684

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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20
U.S. 0.972 0.913 0.912 0.909 0.996 0.913 0.937 0.923
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.021 0.010 0.010 0.011 0.023 0.013 0.010 0.006
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.902 0.872 0.870 0.865 0.925 0.871 0.900 0.881
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.020 0.012 0.013 0.015 0.019 0.009 0.009 0.017
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.014 0.010 0.009 0.009 0.014 0.010 0.010 0.010
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.016 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.015 0.010 0.008 0.009

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
  10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20 10/18/19 10/16/20 10/09/20 10/02/20
Finished motor gasoline 9.385 8.572 8.629 8.604 9.590 8.289 8.576 8.896

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld