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Release date: January 16, 2019  |  Next release date: January 24, 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
  01/15/18 01/14/19 01/07/19 12/31/18 12/24/18 12/17/18 12/10/18 12/03/18
U.S. 2.557 2.247 2.237 2.266 2.321 2.369 2.421 2.451
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.517 2.217 2.216 2.251 2.297 2.352 2.384 2.422
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.507 2.047 2.003 2.005 2.081 2.135 2.210 2.198
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.276 1.910 1.886 1.926 1.981 2.031 2.074 2.123
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.455 2.306 2.373 2.429 2.485 2.575 2.655 2.717
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.011 2.980 3.012 3.053 3.084 3.114 3.171 3.241
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/15/18 01/14/19 01/07/19 12/31/18 12/24/18 12/17/18 12/10/18 12/03/18
U.S. 2.473 2.143 2.128 2.156 2.216 2.268 2.325 2.350
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.485 2.164 2.160 2.197 2.247 2.306 2.339 2.377
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.490 2.039 1.992 1.993 2.067 2.120 2.196 2.187
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.285 1.916 1.900 1.940 2.001 2.050 2.104 2.153
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.455 2.306 2.373 2.429 2.485 2.575 2.655 2.717
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.779 2.813 2.858 2.908 2.934 2.978 3.054 3.113
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/15/18 01/14/19 01/07/19 12/31/18 12/24/18 12/17/18 12/10/18 12/03/18
U.S. 2.735 2.466 2.465 2.496 2.540 2.583 2.622 2.665
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.569 2.311 2.316 2.349 2.387 2.434 2.465 2.503
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.614 2.095 2.070 2.072 2.158 2.220 2.292 2.263
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.248 1.896 1.851 1.891 1.933 1.985 1.999 2.048
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.112 3.073 3.099 3.135 3.168 3.190 3.235 3.312

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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
Contract 1 1.850 1.401 1.348 1.326 1.318 1.434 1.486 1.441
Contract 2 1.866 1.418 1.362 1.301 1.306 1.438 1.485 1.402
Contract 3 2.046 1.616 1.553 1.310 1.319 1.457 1.501 1.405
Contract 4 2.053 1.634 1.568 1.489 1.502 1.649 1.693 1.426

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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
U.S. 240.9 255.6 248.1 240.0 233.1 230.1 228.3 226.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 61.0 66.0 63.5 61.1 60.3 60.5 59.5 61.4
Midwest (PADD 2) 53.3 59.9 57.0 54.3 53.1 51.4 49.8 49.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 84.3 91.0 89.4 89.2 85.7 83.6 83.8 80.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.7 7.2 7.5 7.2 7.0 7.1 6.9 6.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 34.7 31.5 30.7 28.3 27.1 27.6 28.3 27.7
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
U.S. 25.1 27.3 25.7 25.9 25.5 25.5 24.3 23.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.1 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.4 4.1 3.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.1 6.7 6.3 6.7 6.6 6.3 6.5 6.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 10.0 12.1 11.1 11.1 11.2 11.1 10.2 9.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.0 2.4 2.2 1.9 2.0 2.1 1.8 1.8
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
U.S. 0.0 0.1 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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
U.S. 215.8 228.2 222.4 214.1 207.5 204.5 204.0 203.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 55.8 61.5 59.1 56.6 56.1 56.1 55.4 57.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 47.2 53.3 50.7 47.5 46.5 45.1 43.2 43.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 74.4 78.9 78.3 78.1 74.5 72.5 73.6 71.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.9 5.5 5.8 5.5 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 32.6 29.1 28.5 26.4 25.1 25.4 26.5 25.9
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
U.S. 27.1 29.0 27.6 26.5 25.5 25.3 25.2 24.8
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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18
U.S. 22.7 23.4 23.3 23.2 23.1 23.9 22.9 23.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.0 7.3 7.0 6.9 6.9 7.1 7.0 7.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 8.1 8.0 8.4 8.1 7.6 7.9 7.8 7.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.5 4.6 4.3 4.6 5.0 5.2 4.4 4.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.8 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 3.3 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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18
U.S. 9.791 9.663 9.851 10.117 9.710 9.584 9.392 9.533
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.992 3.113 3.151 3.244 2.958 3.132 2.919 3.069
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.459 2.426 2.475 2.544 2.464 2.412 2.264 2.399
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.444 2.386 2.398 2.484 2.426 2.448 2.231 2.418
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.268 0.303 0.302 0.309 0.274 0.316 0.280 0.297
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.502 1.496 1.514 1.532 1.457 1.500 1.420 1.455
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18
U.S. 6.630 6.646 6.684 6.870 6.592 6.771 6.229 6.584
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.806 1.869 1.875 1.930 1.790 1.897 1.757 1.832
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.103 2.090 2.126 2.181 2.108 2.080 1.957 2.064
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.003 1.944 1.941 2.013 1.979 2.027 1.815 1.975
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.268 0.303 0.302 0.309 0.274 0.316 0.280 0.297
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.450 0.440 0.439 0.438 0.442 0.450 0.420 0.416
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18
U.S. 3.034 3.079 3.156 3.242 2.986 3.037 2.885 3.054
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.186 1.244 1.276 1.314 1.168 1.234 1.162 1.237
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.356 0.337 0.349 0.362 0.356 0.332 0.308 0.335
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.441 0.442 0.457 0.471 0.447 0.421 0.416 0.443
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.052 1.056 1.074 1.094 1.015 1.050 1.000 1.039
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18
Total gasoline 0.349 0.438 0.492 0.486 0.396 0.377 0.550 0.314
Conventional gasoline 0.010 0.039 0.035 0.038 0.013 0.052 0.040 0.011
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.339 0.399 0.458 0.448 0.383 0.326 0.510 0.303

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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18
U.S. 1.045 1.026 1.025 1.036 1.061 1.051 1.000 1.011
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.028 0.025 0.026 0.026 0.029 0.025 0.025 0.026
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.955 0.950 0.946 0.955 0.972 0.977 0.929 0.932
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.027 0.017 0.019 0.022 0.026 0.015 0.013 0.020
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.013 0.013 0.014
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.021 0.020 0.020 0.020 0.020 0.020 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
  01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18 01/12/18 01/11/19 01/04/19 12/28/18
Finished motor gasoline 8.904 8.818 8.987 9.063 8.668 8.565 8.735 8.623

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld