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Release Date: September 27, 2023 Next Release Date: October 4, 2023

Regular gasoline retail prices (dollars per gallon)

Retail average regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/26/22 09/25/23 09/18/23 09/11/23 09/04/23 08/28/23 08/21/23 08/14/23
U.S. 3.711 3.837 3.878 3.822 3.807 3.813 3.868 3.850
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.408 3.598 3.654 3.633 3.655 3.678 3.728 3.711
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.631 3.639 3.710 3.683 3.630 3.637 3.720 3.768
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.118 3.351 3.431 3.366 3.364 3.378 3.458 3.415
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.919 3.996 4.071 4.013 3.999 3.975 4.039 3.954
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.172 5.258 5.163 4.969 4.912 4.880 4.866 4.759
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/26/22 09/25/23 09/18/23 09/11/23 09/04/23 08/28/23 08/21/23 08/14/23
U.S. 3.569 3.663 3.724 3.692 3.680 3.684 3.746 3.746
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.399 3.538 3.600 3.599 3.636 3.651 3.708 3.692
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.586 3.609 3.675 3.641 3.567 3.563 3.649 3.698
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.163 3.393 3.473 3.386 3.390 3.406 3.466 3.439
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.919 3.996 4.071 4.013 3.999 3.975 4.039 3.954
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.792 4.756 4.750 4.702 4.706 4.684 4.664 4.626
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/26/22 09/25/23 09/18/23 09/11/23 09/04/23 08/28/23 08/21/23 08/14/23
U.S. 4.018 4.216 4.215 4.105 4.082 4.094 4.134 4.076
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.424 3.708 3.755 3.695 3.691 3.726 3.766 3.745
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.885 3.815 3.915 3.929 4.002 4.071 4.140 4.185
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.010 3.247 3.327 3.316 3.299 3.310 3.438 3.355
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.403 5.565 5.414 5.131 5.037 5.001 4.991 4.841

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon)

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
Contract 1 2.383 2.562 2.708 2.654 2.591 2.876 2.823 2.965
Contract 2 2.308 2.512 2.649 2.586 2.512 2.645 2.600 2.703
Contract 3 2.243 2.448 2.565 2.508 2.441 2.524 2.490 2.569
Contract 4 2.214 2.418 2.519 2.468 2.405 2.422 2.403 2.463
Total gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
U.S. 212.2 220.5 219.5 220.3 214.7 217.4 217.6 216.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 55.2 56.0 57.6 57.8 56.3 56.1 54.9 54.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 43.6 45.3 45.4 45.5 45.7 46.7 46.4 45.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 82.4 84.6 81.3 82.1 79.6 80.9 81.9 81.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.1 6.5 6.9 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.6 6.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 24.9 28.1 28.3 28.2 26.3 27.0 27.9 28.2
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
U.S. 18.7 16.2 16.7 15.4 14.4 16.9 15.6 15.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.2 3.3 3.1 2.8 3.1 3.6 3.3 2.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.4 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.5 3.7 3.6
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 8.5 6.5 6.8 6.2 4.9 7.1 5.9 6.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.9 2.0 1.8 2.0 1.8
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
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
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
U.S. 193.5 204.3 202.8 204.8 200.3 200.5 202.0 200.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 51.9 52.8 54.5 55.0 53.2 52.4 51.6 51.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 39.2 41.7 41.5 42.0 42.2 43.3 42.7 41.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 73.9 78.1 74.4 75.8 74.6 73.8 76.0 75.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.3 5.3 5.9 5.7 6.0 5.8 5.7 5.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 23.2 26.4 26.5 26.3 24.3 25.2 26.0 26.4
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
U.S. 24.7 25.5 25.0 24.8 23.8 24.1 24.2 24.1
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)

Fuel ethanol stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/01/23 08/25/23 08/18/23 08/11/23
U.S. 22.7 22.0 21.7 21.2 21.6 21.6 22.8 23.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.7 6.9 7.0 6.6 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 7.9 8.2 8.0 8.2 8.4 8.5 9.1 9.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.8 4.0 3.7 3.4 3.4 3.4 4.0 4.4
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 2.5

Gasoline production, imports, and exports (million barrels per day)

Finished gasoline production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
U.S. 9.597 9.463 9.679 9.680 9.625 9.139 9.711 9.212
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.158 3.147 3.178 3.205 3.215 3.154 3.142 3.128
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.493 2.481 2.496 2.518 2.532 2.478 2.447 2.488
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.292 2.188 2.205 2.116 2.289 2.157 2.362 2.143
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.359 0.373 0.365 0.362 0.373 0.379 0.364 0.368
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.457 1.440 1.438 1.448 1.445 1.435 1.433 1.419
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
U.S. 6.779 6.642 6.684 6.645 6.800 6.620 6.752 6.551
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.013 1.984 2.012 2.041 2.020 1.989 1.963 1.963
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.167 2.156 2.166 2.188 2.196 2.157 2.121 2.161
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.815 1.712 1.723 1.633 1.806 1.687 1.887 1.664
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.359 0.370 0.365 0.362 0.373 0.365 0.364 0.368
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.427 0.419 0.417 0.421 0.405 0.421 0.417 0.395
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
U.S. 2.979 2.988 2.998 3.003 3.053 2.984 2.996 2.995
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.145 1.163 1.167 1.164 1.194 1.165 1.179 1.165
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.327 0.325 0.330 0.330 0.336 0.322 0.326 0.327
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.477 0.475 0.481 0.483 0.483 0.470 0.475 0.478
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.004 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.014 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.030 1.021 1.020 1.027 1.040 1.014 1.017 1.024
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
Total gasoline 0.713 0.775 0.810 0.905 0.525 0.710 0.511 0.899
Conventional gasoline 0.109 0.146 0.112 0.125 0.230 0.232 0.014 0.150
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.605 0.629 0.698 0.781 0.295 0.478 0.497 0.749
Gasoline exports (million barrels per day) more exports data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
Total motor gasoline 1.105 0.968 0.978 0.900 0.985 0.814 1.144 0.911

Fuel ethanol production (million barrels per day)

Fuel ethanol production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
U.S. 0.927 1.010 1.009 1.026 0.855 1.009 0.980 1.039
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.012
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.871 0.953 0.953 0.969 0.799 0.951 0.927 0.982
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.023 0.023 0.023 0.023 0.023 0.024 0.020 0.022
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.013 0.012 0.012 0.014 0.014
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.008 0.009 0.008 0.009

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day)

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23 09/23/22 09/22/23 09/15/23 09/08/23
Finished motor gasoline 8.592 8.664 8.776 8.901 8.825 8.619 8.410 8.307

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld