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Release Date: May 8, 2024 Next Release Date: May 15, 2024

Regular gasoline retail prices (dollars per gallon)

Retail average regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/08/23 05/06/24 04/29/24 04/22/24 04/15/24 04/08/24 04/01/24 03/25/24
U.S. 3.533 3.643 3.653 3.668 3.628 3.591 3.517 3.523
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.427 3.549 3.540 3.540 3.451 3.391 3.382 3.388
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.393 3.396 3.453 3.463 3.465 3.460 3.366 3.406
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.045 3.244 3.192 3.232 3.177 3.215 3.116 3.176
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.538 3.463 3.426 3.456 3.428 3.380 3.351 3.292
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.530 4.754 4.796 4.832 4.853 4.748 4.556 4.460
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/08/23 05/06/24 04/29/24 04/22/24 04/15/24 04/08/24 04/01/24 03/25/24
U.S. 3.407 3.487 3.498 3.506 3.479 3.448 3.401 3.409
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.418 3.522 3.505 3.500 3.455 3.395 3.404 3.399
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.309 3.327 3.384 3.405 3.395 3.383 3.303 3.341
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.076 3.215 3.175 3.199 3.158 3.184 3.099 3.157
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.538 3.532 3.532 3.553 3.547 3.493 3.448 3.373
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.285 4.413 4.442 4.425 4.430 4.363 4.263 4.159
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/08/23 05/06/24 04/29/24 04/22/24 04/15/24 04/08/24 04/01/24 03/25/24
U.S. 3.808 3.976 3.987 4.015 3.947 3.897 3.766 3.767
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.444 3.603 3.610 3.619 3.444 3.383 3.338 3.366
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.890 3.798 3.858 3.802 3.874 3.909 3.737 3.790
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.968 3.304 3.226 3.300 3.215 3.276 3.152 3.216
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA 3.195 3.016 3.082 2.969 2.941 2.978 2.978
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.680 4.967 5.017 5.086 5.117 4.989 4.740 4.648

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon)

RBOB regular gasoline futures prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
Contract 1 2.379 NA NA NA NA 2.789 NA 2.740
Contract 2 2.345 NA NA NA NA 2.766 NA 2.717
Contract 3 2.307 NA NA NA NA 2.730 NA 2.676
Contract 4 2.266 NA NA NA NA 2.679 NA 2.628
Note: Markets were closed on 3/29/2024. Futures Prices after April 5, 2024, are not available.
Total gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
U.S. 219.7 228.0 227.1 226.7 227.4 228.5 227.8 232.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 52.7 54.7 53.6 51.9 53.2 53.1 54.8 58.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 45.2 51.7 51.3 52.6 53.3 53.0 54.3 55.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 85.1 83.8 85.0 85.9 84.4 84.8 81.1 80.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.2 8.9 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.5 8.6 8.7
West Coast (PADD 5) 29.6 29.0 28.4 27.5 27.7 29.1 29.0 29.5
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
U.S. 15.7 15.2 14.6 14.9 14.5 13.8 13.2 13.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.3 2.7 3.3 3.3 2.8 3.0 2.3 2.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.5 3.7 3.7 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.9 3.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 5.8 6.1 4.9 5.2 5.5 4.9 4.3 4.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.3 1.3 1.2 1.2 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.5
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.9 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.4
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
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
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
U.S. 204.0 212.7 212.4 211.8 212.9 214.8 214.6 218.7
East Coast (PADD 1) 49.4 51.9 50.3 48.7 50.3 50.1 52.5 56.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 41.6 48.0 47.7 49.3 49.9 49.8 50.4 51.2
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 79.3 77.7 80.1 80.7 78.9 79.9 76.8 76.0
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.8 7.6 7.5 7.6 7.6 7.1 7.2 7.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.8 27.5 26.9 25.6 26.2 27.8 27.7 28.1
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
U.S. 24.4 26.4 26.5 26.0 25.8 25.8 25.5 26.1
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
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24 03/29/24 03/22/24
U.S. 23.3 24.2 25.5 25.7 26.1 26.2 26.4 26.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.5 8.0 8.4 8.5 8.5 8.2 8.5 8.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 8.9 9.2 10.1 10.1 10.7 11.2 11.0 10.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.1 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.1
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.3

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
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
U.S. 9.673 9.363 9.349 9.495 9.823 9.495 9.396 9.142
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.201 3.228 3.220 3.219 3.124 3.236 3.237 3.218
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.477 2.482 2.452 2.418 2.469 2.511 2.524 2.448
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.209 2.239 2.188 2.140 2.140 2.300 2.325 2.099
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.318 0.371 0.366 0.365 0.310 0.372 0.368 0.372
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.453 1.416 1.397 1.406 1.502 1.417 1.443 1.412
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
U.S. 6.682 6.678 6.596 6.523 6.552 6.766 6.812 6.501
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.049 2.057 2.059 2.058 1.989 2.070 2.064 2.042
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.147 2.158 2.131 2.099 2.141 2.179 2.197 2.129
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.734 1.726 1.676 1.633 1.660 1.791 1.821 1.574
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.318 0.307 0.303 0.302 0.310 0.309 0.302 0.311
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.433 0.431 0.427 0.432 0.451 0.417 0.428 0.445
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
U.S. 2.977 3.058 3.026 3.025 2.994 3.070 3.086 3.048
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.152 1.171 1.161 1.161 1.135 1.166 1.173 1.176
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.329 0.325 0.322 0.319 0.328 0.332 0.327 0.319
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.475 0.513 0.512 0.507 0.480 0.509 0.504 0.525
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.065 0.063 0.063 0.000 0.063 0.066 0.062
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.021 0.985 0.970 0.974 1.051 1.001 1.016 0.967
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
Total gasoline 0.843 0.796 0.799 0.677 0.853 0.719 0.977 0.780
Conventional gasoline 0.139 0.148 0.155 0.156 0.155 0.193 0.104 0.123
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.704 0.648 0.644 0.521 0.698 0.526 0.873 0.657
Gasoline exports (million barrels per day) more exports data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
Total motor gasoline 0.820 0.833 0.876 0.861 0.760 0.807 0.920 0.778

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
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
U.S. 0.983 0.972 0.995 1.017 0.965 0.965 0.987 0.954
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.012 0.012 0.011 0.011 0.012 0.012 0.012 0.010
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.931 0.918 0.941 0.965 0.912 0.914 0.930 0.903
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.024 0.023 0.022 0.020 0.024 0.022 0.025 0.019
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.012 0.010 0.011 0.011 0.011 0.008 0.011 0.011
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.004 0.010 0.010 0.010 0.005 0.009 0.009 0.011

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day)

Gasoline demand (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 05/05/23 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24
Finished motor gasoline 8.988 8.625 8.579 8.733 9.303 8.797 8.618 8.423

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld