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Regular Gasoline Retail Prices (Dollars per Gallon)
Retail Average Regular Gasoline Prices
Petroleum Data Tables more data
  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/27/12 09/03/12 09/10/12 09/17/12 09/24/12 10/01/12 10/08/12 10/10/11
U.S. 3.776 3.843 3.847 3.878 3.826 3.804 3.850 3.417
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.750 3.811 3.827 3.879 3.828 3.801 3.798 3.403
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.778 3.875 3.860 3.893 3.813 3.784 3.772 3.336
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.582 3.645 3.641 3.655 3.600 3.555 3.537 3.221
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.575 3.640 3.698 3.772 3.774 3.765 3.748 3.520
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.040 4.073 4.083 4.074 4.065 4.081 4.409 3.754
Retail Conventional Regular Gasoline Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/27/12 09/03/12 09/10/12 09/17/12 09/24/12 10/01/12 10/08/12 10/10/11
U.S. 3.722 3.797 3.799 3.832 3.775 3.750 3.742 3.368
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.735 3.811 3.815 3.854 3.799 3.763 3.753 3.380
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.754 3.845 3.835 3.869 3.796 3.777 3.764 3.328
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.591 3.642 3.642 3.663 3.606 3.567 3.542 3.241
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 3.575 3.640 3.698 3.772 3.774 3.765 3.748 3.520
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.903 3.948 3.970 3.979 3.959 3.970 4.041 3.724
Retail Reformulated Regular Gasoline Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/27/12 09/03/12 09/10/12 09/17/12 09/24/12 10/01/12 10/08/12 10/10/11
U.S. 3.888 3.940 3.949 3.974 3.934 3.916 4.078 3.520
East Coast (PADD 1) 3.776 3.811 3.847 3.919 3.876 3.862 3.872 3.440
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.937 4.069 4.023 4.042 3.923 3.829 3.825 3.386
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 3.552 3.656 3.638 3.629 3.580 3.513 3.519 3.151
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA
West Coast (PADD 5) 4.100 4.127 4.132 4.116 4.112 4.129 4.570 3.768
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.

RBOB Regular Gasoline Futures Prices (Dollars per Gallon)
RBOB Regular Gasoline Futures Prices
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
Contract 1 3.078 3.106 3.020 3.016 2.943 3.342 2.953 2.648
Contract 2 2.911 2.973 2.899 2.932 2.820 2.920 2.801 2.587
Contract 3 2.834 2.885 2.825 2.876 2.742 2.792 2.736 2.549
Contract 4 2.786 2.828 2.796 2.851 2.708 2.732 2.722 2.532
RBOB Regular Gasoline Futures Price Graph.

Gasoline Stocks (Million Barrels) and Days of Supply
Total Gasoline Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 201.2 198.9 197.7 196.3 195.8 195.9 195.4 209.6
East Coast (PADD 1) 49.5 49.8 50.1 47.8 46.8 46.1 45.1 53.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 48.4 49.0 48.8 49.0 48.6 49.0 48.5 48.9
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 68.9 66.5 65.1 65.6 67.2 67.4 69.4 73.3
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 6.7 6.3 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.0 6.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 27.8 27.2 27.2 27.4 26.4 26.6 26.4 27.5
Conventional Gasoline Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 50.1 48.5 48.9 50.1 48.7 49.7 47.5 53.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.2 6.5 6.9 7.7 6.4 7.2 6.4 8.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 21.4 22.1 21.4 21.7 21.8 22.0 21.5 21.1
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 13.4 12.7 12.5 12.8 12.7 12.5 12.7 15.6
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 4.2 3.9 4.1 4.0 4.3 4.1 3.6 4.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 3.9 3.3 3.9 3.9 3.6 3.9 3.4 3.7
Reformulated Gasoline Stocks
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1
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 0.1 0.0 0.1 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
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 151.1 150.3 148.8 146.1 147.0 146.2 147.8 156.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 42.3 43.3 43.1 40.1 40.4 38.9 38.7 44.8
Midwest (PADD 2) 27.0 26.9 27.4 27.2 26.8 27.0 27.1 27.8
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 55.5 53.7 52.6 52.7 54.5 54.9 56.7 57.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.6 2.4 2.7 2.4 2.1
West Coast (PADD 5) 23.9 24.0 23.3 23.5 22.8 22.7 23.0 23.8
Days of Supply (number of days)
Petroleum Data Tables more data
  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 22.2 21.7 22.2 22.1 22.2 22.6 22.6 23.4
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
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  Most Recent Year Ago
  08/24/12 08/31/12 09/07/12 09/14/12 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 18.5 18.7 19.0 19.3 19.3 18.8 19.3 16.9
East Coast (PADD 1) 7.3 7.2 7.0 7.3 7.6 7.3 7.3 6.2
Midwest (PADD 2) 6.4 6.4 6.6 6.4 6.2 6.0 6.1 5.7
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.1 2.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.4 2.5 2.3
U.S. Gasoline Stocks Graph. Regional Gasoline Stocks Graph.
U.S. Fuel Ethanol Stocks Graph. U.S. Gasoline Days of Supply Graph.

Gasoline Production and Imports (Million Barrels per Day)
Finished Gasoline Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 9.068 9.026 8.948 9.139 8.930 9.107 8.638 8.914
East Coast (PADD 1) 2.877 2.832 2.831 2.889 2.862 2.818 2.782 2.811
Midwest (PADD 2) 2.178 2.166 2.179 2.309 2.232 2.196 2.172 2.274
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.873 1.874 1.895 2.052 1.892 1.926 1.847 1.969
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.303 0.296 0.290 0.259 0.312 0.277 0.274 0.261
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.560 1.554 1.562 1.553 1.605 1.520 1.573 1.506
Conventional Gasoline Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 5.805 5.743 5.742 6.033 5.888 5.689 5.652 5.831
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.691 1.648 1.646 1.682 1.670 1.607 1.625 1.608
Midwest (PADD 2) 1.843 1.830 1.833 1.960 1.891 1.843 1.812 1.917
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 1.459 1.463 1.478 1.652 1.485 1.510 1.436 1.579
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.303 0.296 0.290 0.259 0.312 0.277 0.274 0.261
West Coast (PADD 5) 0.510 0.505 0.496 0.480 0.530 0.453 0.504 0.466
Reformulated Gasoline Production
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 2.985 2.980 3.015 3.028 3.015 3.047 2.996 2.990
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.186 1.184 1.185 1.206 1.192 1.211 1.157 1.203
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.335 0.336 0.347 0.349 0.341 0.353 0.360 0.357
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 0.413 0.411 0.417 0.400 0.407 0.416 0.411 0.390
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
West Coast (PADD 5) 1.051 1.049 1.066 1.073 1.075 1.067 1.068 1.040
Gasoline Imports
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  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
Total Gasoline 0.678 0.580 0.506 0.539 0.491 0.573 0.502 0.418
Conventional Gasoline 0.053 0.058 0.032 0.054 0.009 0.030 0.019 0.039
Reformulated Gasoline 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000 0.000
Blending Components 0.625 0.522 0.474 0.485 0.482 0.543 0.483 0.379

Fuel Ethanol Production (Million Barrels per Day)
Fuel Ethanol Production
Petroleum Data Tables more data
  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
U.S. 0.822 0.811 0.807 0.859 0.809 0.785 0.800 0.860
East Coast (PADD 1) W W W W W W W W
Midwest (PADD 2) 0.764 0.754 0.749 0.799 0.751 0.730 0.741 0.789
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
U.S. Finished Gasoline Production Graph. U.S. Total Gasoline Imports Graph.
U.S. Conventional Gasoline Production Graph. U.S. Reformulated Gasoline Production Graph.
U.S. Fuel Ethanol Production Graph.

Gasoline Demand (Million Barrels per Day)
Gasoline Demand
Petroleum Data Tables more data
  Four-Week Averages Year Ago Week Ending Year Ago
  09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11 09/21/12 09/28/12 10/05/12 10/07/11
Finished Motor Gasoline 8.819 8.683 8.656 8.948 8.770 8.633 8.587 9.010
U.S. Gasoline Demand Graph.

NA = Not Available.
W = Data Withheld.