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Release date: April 24, 2019  |  Next release date: May 1, 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
  04/23/18 04/22/19 04/15/19 04/08/19 04/01/19 03/25/19 03/18/19 03/11/19
U.S. 2.798 2.841 2.828 2.745 2.691 2.623 2.548 2.471
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.751 2.733 2.718 2.653 2.618 2.567 2.518 2.430
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.657 2.722 2.736 2.670 2.626 2.562 2.475 2.400
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.546 2.535 2.536 2.452 2.447 2.379 2.301 2.217
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.772 2.759 2.640 2.539 2.469 2.400 2.321 2.253
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.391 3.629 3.579 3.418 3.265 3.144 3.027 2.978
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/23/18 04/22/19 04/15/19 04/08/19 04/01/19 03/25/19 03/18/19 03/11/19
U.S. 2.696 2.723 2.725 2.650 2.611 2.544 2.477 2.399
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.730 2.714 2.724 2.661 2.628 2.560 2.520 2.424
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.636 2.679 2.709 2.632 2.596 2.537 2.450 2.387
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.552 2.518 2.511 2.437 2.425 2.361 2.292 2.210
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.772 2.759 2.640 2.539 2.469 2.400 2.321 2.253
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.153 3.291 3.215 3.095 2.987 2.902 2.807 2.747
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/23/18 04/22/19 04/15/19 04/08/19 04/01/19 03/25/19 03/18/19 03/11/19
U.S. 3.014 3.097 3.052 2.949 2.863 2.793 2.700 2.625
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.785 2.769 2.706 2.638 2.599 2.579 2.513 2.441
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.796 2.973 2.900 2.897 2.805 2.713 2.623 2.481
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.528 2.576 2.596 2.490 2.499 2.423 2.323 2.233
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.495 3.821 3.785 3.601 3.428 3.282 3.153 3.109

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
  04/20/18 04/18/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
Contract 1 2.096 2.072 2.037 1.969 1.896 1.926 1.858 1.802
Contract 2 2.100 2.033 2.012 1.948 1.883 1.890 1.845 1.800
Contract 3 2.096 2.005 1.990 1.928 1.868 1.870 1.836 1.798
Contract 4 2.085 1.976 1.966 1.907 1.852 1.852 1.825 1.790
Note: Markets were closed on 4/19/2019.

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
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
U.S. 236.8 225.8 228.0 229.1 236.8 238.6 241.5 246.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 60.8 60.1 59.2 60.3 63.6 64.5 64.0 63.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 56.6 50.6 51.9 52.3 53.8 54.9 55.8 56.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 82.5 80.3 82.1 80.7 81.4 80.8 83.1 85.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.4 7.0 6.6 6.8 7.0 7.2 7.3 7.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 29.6 27.9 28.2 29.0 31.0 31.1 31.3 32.8
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
U.S. 23.3 20.6 20.7 20.6 21.9 21.4 22.3 22.9
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.8 3.4 3.7 3.4 3.7 4.3 4.3 4.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.7 5.7 6.1 6.0 5.9 6.2 6.5 6.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 8.8 7.7 7.7 7.6 8.8 7.5 7.7 8.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.2 2.1 1.8 1.9 1.8 1.6 2.0 2.0
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
U.S. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 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
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
U.S. 213.5 205.1 207.2 208.5 214.9 217.2 219.2 223.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 57.0 56.6 55.5 56.9 59.8 60.2 59.6 59.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 49.9 44.9 45.8 46.3 47.9 48.7 49.2 50.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 73.7 72.6 74.4 73.1 72.7 73.3 75.4 76.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.6 5.3 5.2 5.2 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.3 25.8 26.4 27.1 29.1 29.5 29.3 30.8
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
U.S. 25.3 23.9 24.3 24.5 25.7 26.0 26.4 27.4
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
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 03/29/19 03/22/19 03/15/19 03/08/19
U.S. 21.7 22.7 22.7 23.2 24.0 24.4 24.4 23.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 6.9 7.5 7.2 7.5 7.9 8.0 7.6 7.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.8 8.4 8.5 8.9 9.3 9.3 9.1 8.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.8 4.2 4.2 4.5 4.3 4.6 4.9 4.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.8 2.3 2.4 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.5 2.3

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
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19
U.S. 10.089 9.920 9.889 9.891 9.886 9.781 9.917 10.169
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.171 3.299 3.298 3.281 3.172 3.293 3.346 3.271
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.512 2.517 2.507 2.494 2.518 2.553 2.522 2.519
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.410 2.311 2.343 2.330 2.370 2.245 2.337 2.365
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.293 0.307 0.315 0.311 0.269 0.280 0.312 0.320
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.607 1.597 1.590 1.596 1.617 1.601 1.569 1.649
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19
U.S. 6.775 6.788 6.818 6.791 6.703 6.715 6.821 6.876
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.914 2.011 2.012 1.995 1.891 1.999 2.048 1.992
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.152 2.165 2.154 2.142 2.152 2.194 2.160 2.173
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.928 1.828 1.866 1.857 1.906 1.768 1.851 1.874
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.293 0.307 0.315 0.311 0.269 0.280 0.312 0.320
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.488 0.477 0.472 0.484 0.486 0.475 0.449 0.516
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19
U.S. 3.218 3.243 3.235 3.222 3.243 3.256 3.265 3.248
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.257 1.288 1.286 1.286 1.281 1.294 1.298 1.278
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.360 0.352 0.353 0.352 0.367 0.359 0.362 0.346
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.482 0.483 0.477 0.473 0.464 0.477 0.486 0.490
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.119 1.120 1.118 1.111 1.132 1.126 1.119 1.133
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19
Total gasoline 0.754 0.839 0.785 0.735 0.896 0.905 0.990 0.714
Conventional gasoline 0.018 0.100 0.066 0.048 0.007 0.164 0.125 0.102
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.736 0.739 0.719 0.687 0.889 0.740 0.865 0.613

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
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19
U.S. 1.016 1.016 0.998 0.995 0.985 1.048 1.016 1.002
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.027 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.023 0.024
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.928 0.942 0.926 0.924 0.893 0.968 0.945 0.931
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.027 0.016 0.014 0.014 0.031 0.021 0.015 0.013
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.021 0.019 0.019 0.019 0.021 0.019 0.020 0.019

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
  04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19 04/20/18 04/19/19 04/12/19 04/05/19
Finished motor gasoline 9.354 9.442 9.370 9.368 9.083 9.409 9.420 9.806

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld