Midwest gasoline inventory ·EIA week ending August 21, 2026
Midwest gasoline storage holds 43.3 M bbl as of August 21, 2026, up 0.3% week over week.
The Desk's read
Midwest gasoline sits at the very floor of its history, the 0th percentile of the 37-year record; 43.3 million barrels of motor fuel held across the district as of August 21. This is the lowest tier we track, not a fast emptying: the trailing 13-report pace holds at the 66 percentile, a build-leaning drift, and the 30-day change is just -0.6%. A slow bleed off an already thin pile keeps it thin. Watch next Wednesday's EIA weekly report for whether the level holds or slips further.
Midwest (PADD 2) gasoline inventory
September 3, 2021 to August 21, 2026
Weekly PADD 2 total motor gasoline stocks, in millions of barrels. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
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About this series
Total motor gasoline, including blending components, held in tanks and terminals across PADD 2, the Midwest district. Reported weekly by the U.S. EIA as one of five regional cuts of the national gasoline series. The Midwest largely refines its own gasoline and burns it close to home. Chicago-area spot prices swing on this district's balance, and the summer driving season pulls stocks down while spring and fall refinery turnarounds squeeze resupply.
Today's reading sits near the bottom of the EIA record going back to 1990. Midwest gasoline stocks are lean relative to their own history.
Weekly PADD 2 total motor gasoline stocks, in millions of barrels. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Updated weekly. View this series at eia.gov ↗
Midwest gasoline inventory: common questions
- What is PADD 2?
- PADD 2 is the Midwest district of the Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, the five regions the EIA uses to report US petroleum statistics. It covers Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Wisconsin. The district lines were drawn for World War II fuel allocation and remain the standard regional cut of US oil data.
- What does this page track?
- The total volume of motor gasoline held in tanks and terminals across PADD 2 (Midwest), including blending components not yet mixed into finished fuel. It is the EIA's regional cut of the same weekly series the national gasoline page tracks, and the five districts sum to the US total.
More questions
- Why do Midwest gasoline inventories matter?
- The Midwest largely refines its own gasoline and burns it close to home. Chicago-area spot prices swing on this district's balance, and the summer driving season pulls stocks down while spring and fall refinery turnarounds squeeze resupply.
- How often is this figure updated?
- The EIA publishes the figure every week, typically Wednesday around 10:30 a.m. Eastern for the prior Friday's week. This page reads that same EIA series and shows the latest reading with its as-of date.