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Release Date: March 22, 2023 Next Release Date: March 29, 2023

Regular gasoline retail prices (dollars per gallon)

Retail average regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/21/22 03/20/23 03/13/23 03/06/23 02/27/23 02/20/23 02/13/23 02/06/23
U.S. 4.239 3.422 3.456 3.389 3.342 3.379 3.390 3.444
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.127 3.309 3.315 3.242 3.244 3.291 3.339 3.406
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.035 3.262 3.310 3.265 3.170 3.220 3.236 3.297
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.939 3.022 3.087 2.979 2.912 3.007 3.018 3.092
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.110 3.631 3.730 3.742 3.782 3.826 3.765 3.694
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.222 4.365 4.402 4.341 4.250 4.189 4.106 4.107
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/21/22 03/20/23 03/13/23 03/06/23 02/27/23 02/20/23 02/13/23 02/06/23
U.S. 4.091 3.321 3.350 3.288 3.250 3.293 3.311 3.362
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.108 3.330 3.317 3.237 3.260 3.292 3.344 3.411
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.981 3.225 3.280 3.240 3.131 3.191 3.197 3.259
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.957 3.056 3.108 3.002 2.961 3.045 3.066 3.115
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.110 3.631 3.730 3.742 3.782 3.826 3.765 3.694
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.702 3.993 4.019 3.991 3.953 3.902 3.851 3.841
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/21/22 03/20/23 03/13/23 03/06/23 02/27/23 02/20/23 02/13/23 02/06/23
U.S. 4.562 3.644 3.688 3.610 3.540 3.566 3.563 3.622
East Coast (PADD 1) 4.161 3.271 3.311 3.251 3.214 3.288 3.330 3.397
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.352 3.480 3.486 3.403 3.388 3.383 3.459 3.513
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.895 2.940 3.036 2.922 2.792 2.914 2.902 3.035
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 5.536 4.597 4.640 4.558 4.430 4.366 4.260 4.267

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon)

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
Contract 1 3.239 2.502 2.646 2.750 2.359 2.408 2.504 2.321
Contract 2 3.206 2.466 2.638 2.741 2.581 2.622 2.702 2.512
Contract 3 3.120 2.412 2.607 2.708 2.575 2.613 2.690 2.500
Contract 4 3.029 2.363 2.570 2.667 2.545 2.581 2.649 2.467
Total gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
U.S. 238.0 229.6 236.0 238.1 239.2 240.1 241.9 239.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 57.2 58.7 60.9 62.6 62.5 63.6 64.4 61.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 57.8 51.0 52.0 51.7 51.8 51.3 49.9 50.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 85.4 82.0 85.1 84.9 87.0 86.8 88.2 87.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 8.4 8.2 8.1 8.0 7.5 7.4 7.2 7.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 29.1 29.7 29.9 30.9 30.4 31.0 32.2 33.0
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
U.S. 18.3 14.2 16.0 18.0 16.1 16.1 17.3 16.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.1 2.5 2.3 2.6 2.6 3.2 3.2 3.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 4.2 3.0 3.4 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.0 3.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 7.3 5.4 7.0 8.7 7.1 6.6 8.0 5.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.8 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.8
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
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
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
U.S. 219.7 215.4 220.0 220.0 223.1 223.9 224.6 223.5
East Coast (PADD 1) 54.1 56.3 58.6 60.0 59.9 60.3 61.2 57.7
Midwest (PADD 2) 53.6 48.0 48.6 48.4 48.7 48.2 46.9 47.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 78.1 76.6 78.1 76.2 79.9 80.2 80.3 81.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.6 6.7 6.6 6.3 5.8 5.8 5.6 5.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.2 27.8 28.1 29.1 28.8 29.4 30.6 31.2
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
U.S. 27.0 26.1 26.8 27.3 27.6 28.2 29.0 28.9
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
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 02/24/23 02/17/23 02/10/23 02/03/23
U.S. 26.1 26.2 26.4 25.3 24.8 25.6 25.3 24.4
East Coast (PADD 1) 8.0 8.3 8.7 8.3 7.9 8.0 8.1 8.1
Midwest (PADD 2) 10.2 10.3 9.9 9.8 10.0 10.0 9.6 9.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.0 4.8 5.1 4.5 4.0 4.8 4.8 3.9
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.7 2.3 2.3 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.4

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
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
U.S. 9.509 9.475 9.456 9.451 9.804 9.503 9.111 9.557
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.117 3.150 3.119 3.091 3.000 3.182 3.154 3.156
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.423 2.342 2.320 2.320 2.353 2.353 2.373 2.321
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.182 2.259 2.130 2.137 2.220 2.457 2.112 2.368
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.347 0.310 0.307 0.304 0.346 0.305 0.313 0.313
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.482 1.399 1.402 1.411 1.442 1.381 1.427 1.336
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
U.S. 6.586 6.531 6.364 6.346 6.468 6.739 6.429 6.628
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.979 2.018 1.994 1.962 1.901 2.029 2.023 2.032
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.091 2.012 1.994 1.992 2.020 2.019 2.045 1.990
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.730 1.782 1.657 1.670 1.775 1.979 1.618 1.903
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.347 0.310 0.307 0.304 0.346 0.305 0.313 0.313
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.440 0.409 0.412 0.418 0.427 0.406 0.430 0.389
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
U.S. 2.964 2.929 2.914 2.915 2.893 2.939 2.950 2.867
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.138 1.132 1.125 1.129 1.099 1.153 1.131 1.125
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.332 0.330 0.326 0.327 0.333 0.334 0.327 0.331
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.452 0.477 0.473 0.466 0.445 0.478 0.494 0.465
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.042 0.990 0.990 0.993 1.015 0.975 0.998 0.946
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
Total gasoline 0.654 0.510 0.511 0.546 0.721 0.471 0.450 0.446
Conventional gasoline 0.129 0.080 0.075 0.092 0.065 0.095 0.079 0.114
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.524 0.430 0.436 0.453 0.655 0.376 0.371 0.332
Gasoline exports (million barrels per day) more exports data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
Finished motor gasoline 0.791 0.816 0.785 0.759 1.058 0.892 0.891 0.831

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
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
U.S. 1.023 1.006 1.014 1.014 1.042 0.997 1.014 1.010
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.010 0.010
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.969 0.960 0.968 0.968 0.988 0.954 0.966 0.964
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.021 0.020 0.021 0.021 0.021 0.016 0.024 0.021
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.013 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.013 0.011 0.010 0.010
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.009 0.004 0.004 0.004 0.009 0.005 0.004 0.004

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day)

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23 03/18/22 03/17/23 03/10/23 03/03/23
Finished motor gasoline 8.821 8.807 8.794 8.715 8.637 8.960 8.594 8.562

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld