US Gasoline Inventories
Ending stocks of total motor gasoline (finished gasoline plus blending components) held in refineries, pipelines, terminals and bulk storage, from the EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Weekly since January 1990, in millions of barrels.
Gasoline stocks (million barrels)
- YoY %
- -6.3%
Next release: ≈ Aug 26, 2026
Latest reading
As of August 14, 2026, Gasoline Stocks (Gasoline stocks (million barrels)) stands at 209.4 — up from 208.7 the prior reading, 20% below the April 17, 2020 record of 263.2. Gasoline stocks build in winter and draw through the summer driving season, so read the level against the same week in prior years rather than the last print. Inventories well below the seasonal norm mean the system has little buffer — the condition that lets the gasoline crack spread spike on any refinery outage. Persistent builds during driving season signal weak demand. Series history runs from 1990 to present.
Sources, methodology & freshnessLast updated 2026-08-21 · Open ↓Close ↑
Full history
Million barrels
Year-over-year %
Stocks against the same week a year earlier — the cleanest way to strip the seasonal build-and-draw cycle out of an inventory series.
Methodology & data
Gasoline Stocks is sourced from EIA directly from the publisher’s own dataset (EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WGTSTUS1), weekly, million barrels; release date estimated as the Wednesday after each survey week). We pull the complete history, chart it on a weekly basis, overlay SPY for context, and generate a dated plain-English reading from the latest release — with no smoothing or adjustment beyond what the chart legend states.
Every reading is stamped with its release date, last updated 2026-08-21. Maintained and reviewed by Yuriy Matso; see our methodology for the standards every series on the site is held to.
Frequently asked questions
What is the US Gasoline Inventories?
Ending stocks of total motor gasoline (finished gasoline plus blending components) held in refineries, pipelines, terminals and bulk storage, from the EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Weekly since January 1990, in millions of barrels.
How do you read Gasoline Stocks?
Gasoline stocks build in winter and draw through the summer driving season, so read the level against the same week in prior years rather than the last print. Inventories well below the seasonal norm mean the system has little buffer — the condition that lets the gasoline crack spread spike on any refinery outage. Persistent builds during driving season signal weak demand.
Where does the Gasoline Stocks data come from?
EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WGTSTUS1), weekly, million barrels; release date estimated as the Wednesday after each survey week. We chart the full history and publish a dated, plain-English reading with every release; the raw series is downloadable as CSV at /data/indicators/gasoline-inventories.csv.
How often is Gasoline Stocks updated?
Gasoline Stocks is a weekly series from EIA, refreshed here as soon as a new release posts from EIA.
Gasoline stocks (million barrels)
- YoY %
- -6.3%
Next release: ≈ Aug 26, 2026