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Release date: August 21, 2019  |  Next release date: August 28, 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
  08/20/18 08/19/19 08/12/19 08/05/19 07/29/19 07/22/19 07/15/19 07/08/19
U.S. 2.821 2.598 2.624 2.688 2.715 2.750 2.779 2.743
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.777 2.517 2.552 2.599 2.629 2.672 2.680 2.661
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.730 2.517 2.522 2.633 2.659 2.689 2.763 2.668
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.568 2.269 2.324 2.385 2.422 2.463 2.455 2.418
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.963 2.671 2.688 2.699 2.708 2.735 2.771 2.796
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.307 3.242 3.259 3.292 3.306 3.328 3.356 3.379
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/20/18 08/19/19 08/12/19 08/05/19 07/29/19 07/22/19 07/15/19 07/08/19
U.S. 2.755 2.501 2.524 2.588 2.615 2.653 2.682 2.644
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.744 2.468 2.503 2.553 2.590 2.646 2.648 2.636
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.712 2.488 2.492 2.592 2.611 2.636 2.701 2.622
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.583 2.269 2.318 2.373 2.405 2.436 2.450 2.395
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.963 2.671 2.688 2.699 2.708 2.735 2.771 2.796
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.201 3.033 3.043 3.063 3.078 3.101 3.120 3.141
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/20/18 08/19/19 08/12/19 08/05/19 07/29/19 07/22/19 07/15/19 07/08/19
U.S. 2.964 2.807 2.839 2.902 2.928 2.959 2.987 2.956
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.837 2.608 2.643 2.684 2.699 2.720 2.739 2.707
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.836 2.684 2.697 2.876 2.946 3.001 3.128 2.940
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.528 2.269 2.339 2.416 2.464 2.529 2.468 2.474
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.366 3.361 3.383 3.423 3.436 3.456 3.490 3.514

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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
Contract 1 1.981 1.657 1.674 1.782 1.874 1.841 1.977 1.930
Contract 2 1.884 1.522 1.521 1.623 1.822 1.795 1.926 1.875
Contract 3 1.859 1.488 1.485 1.584 1.662 1.637 1.763 1.707
Contract 4 1.843 1.463 1.462 1.556 1.626 1.598 1.720 1.664

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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 234.3 234.1 233.8 235.2 230.7 232.5 232.8 229.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 63.2 62.4 61.6 61.0 59.1 59.9 59.5 59.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 53.4 51.2 50.1 50.1 49.0 50.1 50.1 49.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 81.5 83.3 84.4 84.8 83.8 83.0 83.8 81.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.2 7.7 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.4 7.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 30.1 29.6 30.2 31.7 31.3 32.0 31.9 31.0
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 23.9 21.7 22.8 22.9 22.5 21.8 22.7 22.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.5 3.9 4.0 3.8 4.2 4.1 3.4 4.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.8 6.5 6.4 7.0 6.3 6.4 6.0 6.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 8.1 7.3 8.8 8.1 8.3 7.3 9.4 8.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.8 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.1 2.3 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.1
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 210.4 212.3 210.9 212.3 208.2 210.7 210.1 206.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 57.8 58.5 57.5 57.3 54.8 55.8 56.1 55.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 46.6 44.7 43.7 43.1 42.7 43.7 44.1 43.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 73.4 76.0 75.6 76.6 75.5 75.7 74.4 73.2
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.7 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.9 27.3 28.3 29.6 29.4 29.9 29.8 29.0
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 24.5 24.2 24.1 24.7 24.2 24.4 24.5 23.7
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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 07/26/19 07/19/19 07/12/19 07/05/19
U.S. 23.3 23.4 23.9 23.1 24.5 23.7 23.4 23.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.5 7.4 7.5 7.4 7.3 7.4 7.2 7.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.5 7.7 7.9 7.6 7.9 7.9 8.3 8.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.4 5.0 5.0 4.9 6.0 5.1 4.9 4.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.4 2.9 3.1 2.8 2.9 3.1 2.6 2.6

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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 10.195 10.234 10.282 10.195 10.151 9.897 10.203 10.421
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.305 3.383 3.374 3.335 3.239 3.409 3.397 3.341
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.653 2.679 2.681 2.653 2.656 2.685 2.686 2.668
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.285 2.200 2.202 2.167 2.181 2.108 2.334 2.240
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.326 0.349 0.353 0.362 0.333 0.346 0.340 0.351
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.638 1.634 1.624 1.586 1.651 1.652 1.656 1.627
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 6.908 6.954 6.959 6.877 6.786 6.889 7.111 6.968
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.986 2.062 2.054 2.033 1.954 2.098 2.077 2.028
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.299 2.319 2.318 2.295 2.297 2.330 2.325 2.302
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.813 1.737 1.742 1.710 1.711 1.642 1.870 1.785
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.326 0.349 0.353 0.362 0.333 0.346 0.340 0.351
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.486 0.487 0.492 0.478 0.490 0.473 0.499 0.501
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 3.298 3.290 3.275 3.225 3.274 3.311 3.301 3.259
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.320 1.321 1.320 1.303 1.285 1.310 1.320 1.313
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.354 0.360 0.363 0.358 0.358 0.354 0.361 0.365
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.472 0.462 0.460 0.457 0.469 0.467 0.463 0.456
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.152 1.147 1.132 1.108 1.160 1.179 1.157 1.125
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
Total gasoline 0.792 1.008 1.031 1.043 0.817 0.892 0.805 1.217
Conventional gasoline 0.068 0.134 0.075 0.036 0.056 0.255 0.169 0.053
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.723 0.874 0.956 1.007 0.761 0.637 0.637 1.163

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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
U.S. 1.077 1.035 1.039 1.044 1.073 1.023 1.045 1.040
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.026 0.024 0.024 0.025 0.025 0.026 0.022 0.025
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.988 0.957 0.961 0.967 0.985 0.945 0.969 0.961
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.029 0.024 0.024 0.023 0.029 0.024 0.024 0.024
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.014 0.013 0.014 0.013 0.014 0.013 0.013 0.014
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.020 0.016 0.016 0.016 0.019 0.015 0.017 0.016

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
  08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19 08/17/18 08/16/19 08/09/19 08/02/19
Finished motor gasoline 9.547 9.692 9.704 9.524 9.453 9.626 9.932 9.651

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld