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This Week in Petroleum

Release date: December 21, 2016  |  Next release date: December 29, 2016

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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
  12/21/15 12/19/16 12/12/16 12/05/16 11/28/16 11/21/16 11/14/16 11/07/16
U.S. 2.026 2.264 2.236 2.208 2.154 2.155 2.184 2.233
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.035 2.290 2.259 2.231 2.164 2.172 2.217 2.240
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.846 2.192 2.162 2.107 2.039 2.014 1.994 2.082
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.781 2.053 2.008 1.979 1.906 1.918 1.975 2.015
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.994 2.135 2.122 2.120 2.146 2.185 2.235 2.268
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.570 2.563 2.556 2.571 2.572 2.591 2.645 2.686
Retail conventional regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/21/15 12/19/16 12/12/16 12/05/16 11/28/16 11/21/16 11/14/16 11/07/16
U.S. 1.929 2.203 2.174 2.137 2.079 2.078 2.105 2.157
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.029 2.276 2.236 2.204 2.136 2.147 2.201 2.228
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.826 2.176 2.147 2.090 2.023 1.999 1.988 2.074
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.779 2.052 2.023 1.992 1.915 1.922 1.975 2.015
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 1.994 2.135 2.122 2.120 2.146 2.185 2.235 2.268
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.352 2.442 2.433 2.448 2.472 2.493 2.531 2.553
Retail reformulated regular gasoline prices (dollars per gallon) more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/21/15 12/19/16 12/12/16 12/05/16 11/28/16 11/21/16 11/14/16 11/07/16
U.S. 2.230 2.391 2.366 2.356 2.312 2.318 2.349 2.392
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.044 2.312 2.295 2.273 2.210 2.212 2.243 2.261
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.970 2.298 2.256 2.223 2.143 2.111 2.030 2.137
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.790 2.055 1.956 1.938 1.879 1.905 1.976 2.015
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.665 2.615 2.610 2.624 2.616 2.635 2.695 2.745

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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
Contract 1 1.275 1.557 1.507 1.559 NA 1.339 NA 1.379
Contract 2 1.270 1.577 1.522 1.569 NA 1.343 NA 1.364
Contract 3 1.288 1.600 1.546 1.591 NA 1.353 NA 1.375
Contract 4 1.492 1.797 1.744 1.785 NA 1.374 NA 1.397

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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
U.S. 220.5 228.7 230.0 229.5 226.1 224.0 221.7 221.0
East Coast (PADD 1) 56.9 62.0 63.1 61.6 59.4 59.0 56.2 55.6
Midwest (PADD 2) 52.1 51.1 49.8 49.3 48.4 48.3 48.4 48.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 76.9 79.5 80.0 81.7 82.3 80.7 82.2 82.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 7.4 7.8 7.9 7.9 7.8 7.7 7.4 7.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.2 28.4 29.2 29.2 28.1 28.4 27.6 27.2
Conventional gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
U.S. 26.1 26.2 25.6 26.1 24.3 23.9 24.9 25.8
East Coast (PADD 1) 5.3 4.9 4.9 4.6 4.6 4.6 4.8 4.5
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.7 6.8 6.5 6.6 6.2 6.5 6.2 6.4
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 10.1 10.1 9.3 10.0 8.8 8.3 9.8 10.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.0 2.0 2.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.8 2.1 2.5 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.1 2.2
Reformulated gasoline stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
U.S. 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
U.S. 194.4 202.4 204.4 203.4 201.8 200.1 196.7 195.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 51.5 57.0 58.2 56.9 54.8 54.3 51.3 51.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 45.4 44.3 43.3 42.6 42.2 41.8 42.2 42.3
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 66.8 69.4 70.6 71.7 73.5 72.3 72.4 71.8
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 5.2 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.7 5.4 5.0
West Coast (PADD 5) 25.3 26.3 26.7 26.5 25.6 25.9 25.4 25.0
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
U.S. 23.8 25.4 25.7 25.4 24.7 24.4 24.1 24.3
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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 11/25/16 11/18/16 11/11/16 11/04/16
U.S. 20.4 19.1 19.1 18.5 18.4 19.0 18.6 19.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 6.8 6.6 6.6 6.3 6.1 6.3 6.0 6.3
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.4 6.4 6.5 6.4 6.4 6.3 6.4 6.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 4.0 3.2 3.2 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.2 3.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.4

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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16
U.S. 9.733 9.969 9.857 9.938 9.346 10.150 9.828 9.913
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.041 3.182 3.165 3.157 3.098 3.268 3.171 3.070
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.505 2.574 2.579 2.579 2.476 2.658 2.564 2.538
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.314 2.397 2.346 2.334 2.214 2.473 2.294 2.451
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.315 0.324 0.326 0.326 0.302 0.306 0.332 0.326
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.509 1.547 1.560 1.542 1.511 1.520 1.597 1.507
Conventional gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16
U.S. 6.554 6.827 6.798 6.767 6.419 6.913 6.736 6.819
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.778 1.896 1.891 1.892 1.822 1.939 1.882 1.831
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.140 2.203 2.214 2.218 2.119 2.258 2.186 2.181
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.885 1.948 1.897 1.877 1.769 2.010 1.852 2.028
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.315 0.324 0.326 0.326 0.302 0.306 0.332 0.326
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.435 0.456 0.470 0.454 0.407 0.399 0.484 0.453
Reformulated gasoline production (million barrels per day) more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16
U.S. 3.130 3.196 3.179 3.170 3.181 3.312 3.222 3.074
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.263 1.285 1.274 1.265 1.276 1.330 1.290 1.239
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.364 0.371 0.365 0.361 0.357 0.400 0.378 0.357
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.429 0.449 0.450 0.457 0.445 0.463 0.442 0.424
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.074 1.091 1.090 1.088 1.104 1.120 1.113 1.054
Gasoline imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16
Total gasoline 0.519 0.643 0.746 0.795 0.334 0.447 0.624 0.652
Conventional gasoline 0.027 0.058 0.070 0.054 0.019 0.008 0.098 0.097
Reformulated gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending components 0.492 0.585 0.676 0.741 0.315 0.439 0.526 0.555

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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16
U.S. 0.980 1.028 1.022 1.016 0.973 1.036 1.040 1.023
East Coast (PADD 1) W W W W W W W W
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.896 0.939 0.933 0.926 0.890 0.947 0.955 0.933
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) W W W W W W W W
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) W W W W W W W W
West Coast (PADD 5) W W W W W W W W

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
  12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16 12/18/15 12/16/16 12/09/16 12/02/16
Finished motor gasoline 9.277 8.995 8.934 9.055 9.185 9.269 8.874 8.757

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld