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Release date: April 1, 2020  |  Next release date: April 8, 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
  04/01/19 03/30/20 03/23/20 03/16/20 03/09/20 03/02/20 02/24/20 02/17/20
U.S. 2.691 2.005 2.120 2.248 2.375 2.423 2.466 2.428
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.618 1.980 2.084 2.193 2.302 2.351 2.400 2.364
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.626 1.735 1.873 2.037 2.233 2.300 2.355 2.307
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.447 1.763 1.860 1.966 2.059 2.112 2.151 2.083
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.469 2.106 2.237 2.320 2.381 2.419 2.440 2.473
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.265 2.759 2.878 3.023 3.111 3.132 3.140 3.135
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/01/19 03/30/20 03/23/20 03/16/20 03/09/20 03/02/20 02/24/20 02/17/20
U.S. 2.611 1.886 2.007 2.139 2.272 2.324 2.373 2.337
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.628 1.930 2.041 2.161 2.271 2.324 2.380 2.343
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.596 1.697 1.838 2.009 2.203 2.263 2.322 2.280
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.425 1.786 1.883 1.975 2.077 2.130 2.170 2.104
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.469 2.106 2.237 2.320 2.381 2.419 2.440 2.473
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.987 2.551 2.677 2.805 2.871 2.888 2.892 2.886
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  04/01/19 03/30/20 03/23/20 03/16/20 03/09/20 03/02/20 02/24/20 02/17/20
U.S. 2.863 2.260 2.361 2.483 2.597 2.639 2.666 2.626
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.599 2.073 2.163 2.254 2.360 2.402 2.439 2.402
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.805 1.950 2.072 2.200 2.408 2.518 2.544 2.462
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.499 1.704 1.805 1.944 2.014 2.070 2.103 2.033
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.428 2.879 2.994 3.149 3.247 3.275 3.287 3.285

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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
Contract 1 1.896 0.574 0.605 0.899 1.389 1.396 1.651 1.583
Contract 2 1.883 0.614 0.628 0.914 1.381 1.483 1.761 1.727
Contract 3 1.868 0.664 0.664 0.938 1.375 1.477 1.750 1.726
Contract 4 1.852 0.713 0.697 0.960 1.369 1.470 1.733 1.715

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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
U.S. 236.8 246.8 239.3 240.8 247.0 252.0 256.4 259.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 63.6 65.9 60.8 62.1 64.0 63.5 65.1 66.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 53.8 57.9 56.3 57.0 58.2 60.1 59.1 59.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 81.4 79.8 82.3 82.7 84.0 87.8 91.6 93.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.0 9.1 8.9 9.0 9.1 9.3 9.4 9.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 31.0 34.1 31.0 30.1 31.6 31.4 31.2 30.8
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
U.S. 21.9 21.2 20.0 23.7 25.2 25.9 26.7 26.9
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.7 3.0 2.8 3.7 4.5 4.3 4.0 3.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 5.9 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 8.8 6.9 6.2 9.0 9.2 10.1 11.1 11.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.6 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.8 2.5 2.4 2.2 2.4 2.3 2.1 2.4
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
U.S. 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
U.S. 214.9 225.5 219.2 217.1 221.8 226.1 229.7 232.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 59.8 62.9 58.0 58.3 59.5 59.2 61.1 62.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 47.9 51.4 50.0 50.5 51.5 53.2 52.1 52.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 72.7 72.9 76.1 73.7 74.8 77.6 80.5 81.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.4 6.7 6.5 6.7 6.7 6.9 6.9 7.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 29.1 31.6 28.6 27.8 29.2 29.1 29.1 28.4
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
U.S. 25.7 28.5 25.8 25.8 27.0 28.1 28.8 29.3
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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/06/20 02/28/20 02/21/20 02/14/20
U.S. 24.0 25.7 24.1 24.6 24.3 25.0 24.7 24.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.9 9.0 8.5 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.7 8.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 9.3 7.6 8.0 8.1 8.1 8.6 8.2 8.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.3 5.5 4.4 4.7 4.5 4.6 4.6 4.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.1 3.2 3.0 3.1 3.0 2.7 2.7 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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20
U.S. 9.783 9.086 9.661 9.871 9.813 7.456 8.958 9.974
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.279 2.912 3.179 3.205 3.286 2.085 3.066 3.256
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.516 2.274 2.450 2.465 2.475 1.750 2.376 2.489
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.328 2.193 2.273 2.296 2.298 1.895 2.261 2.236
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.307 0.303 0.326 0.325 0.316 0.232 0.330 0.315
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.564 1.377 1.527 1.548 1.570 0.958 1.461 1.536
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20
U.S. 6.777 6.284 6.654 6.674 6.740 5.095 6.592 6.677
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.993 1.822 1.962 1.962 2.005 1.373 1.933 2.011
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.156 1.962 2.101 2.108 2.134 1.542 2.050 2.130
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.855 1.762 1.806 1.823 1.818 1.579 1.821 1.763
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.307 0.303 0.326 0.325 0.316 0.232 0.330 0.315
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.465 0.434 0.460 0.457 0.467 0.368 0.458 0.458
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20
U.S. 3.218 2.775 3.100 3.164 3.205 1.827 2.901 3.154
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.286 1.090 1.218 1.243 1.280 0.712 1.133 1.245
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.360 0.312 0.349 0.357 0.341 0.208 0.326 0.359
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.473 0.430 0.466 0.473 0.480 0.316 0.440 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) 1.099 0.943 1.067 1.091 1.103 0.590 1.003 1.078
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20
Total gasoline 0.700 0.742 0.686 0.579 0.746 0.736 0.834 0.688
Conventional gasoline 0.050 0.122 0.142 0.107 0.007 0.050 0.192 0.109
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.650 0.620 0.543 0.472 0.739 0.686 0.642 0.579

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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20
U.S. 0.996 0.981 1.041 1.053 0.999 0.840 1.005 1.035
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.025 0.022 0.021 0.021 0.026 0.020 0.025 0.024
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.925 0.914 0.972 0.983 0.925 0.778 0.934 0.968
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.014 0.020 0.020 0.021 0.014 0.021 0.019 0.017
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.013 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.011 0.014 0.013
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.018 0.013 0.014 0.014 0.020 0.010 0.013 0.013

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
  03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20 03/29/19 03/27/20 03/20/20 03/13/20
Finished motor gasoline 9.201 8.661 9.292 9.342 9.131 6.659 8.837 9.696

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld