EIA: PADD 5 Gasoline Stocks Hit Four-Week Decline


   
Kristina Davis
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   MIAMI, FL (DTN) -- West Coast gasoline stocks extended a four-week decline 
in the week ending February 27, according to U.S. Energy Information 
Administration data released Wednesday (3/4).

   Gasoline inventories in PADD 5 fell by 1.1 million bbl to 28.7 million bbl 
in the week ending February 27, below the 28.8 million bbl reported in the same 
week last year. This was the lowest level since the week ended December 05, 
2025, when stocks were reported at 28.4 million bbl. Gasoline imports dropped 
to 22,000 bpd from 168,000 bpd the previous week, compared to120,000 bpd 
reported in the corresponding week of 2025.

   Distillate stocks in PADD 5 slipped by 700,000 bbl to 11.7 million bbl in 
the week ending February 27, well above the 11.4 million bbl level the same 
week last year. Distillate imports declined to 1,000 bpd from 6,000 bpd the 
week prior, lower than the 8,000 bpd reported last year.

   Jet fuel inventories in the region slipped by 100,000 bbl to 11.1 million 
bbl in the reference week, below the 12.1 million bbl reported in the previous 
year. Jet fuel imports edged lower to 104,000 bpd from 105,000 bpd the previous 
week, below the 116,000 bpd reported in the year prior.

   Crude oil inventories in the USWC dropped by 1 million bbl to 47.0 million 
bbl in the respective week, but above 46.5 million bbl recorded in the same 
week last year. Crude imports into the region declined to 703,000 bpd from 
774,000 bpd the previous week, below 1.225 million bpd reported year-over-year.

   West Coast refinery utilization fell to 79.6% in the week ending February 
27, down from 81.1% the previous week.

    




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