EIA: PADD 5 Gasoline Stocks Reach 5-Mo High on Week


   
Kristina Davis
DTN Refined Fuels Market Reporter

   MIAMI, FL (DTN) -- West Coast (PADD 5) gasoline inventories posted a third 
consecutive weekly increase and reached a five-month high last week, while 
distillate inventories declined and jet fuel stocks were flat in the week ended 
January 9, according to data released Tuesday (1/14) by the Energy Information 
Administration.
Motor gasoline inventories in the West Coast region totaled 31.6 million bbl 
last week, up 300,000 bbl from the prior week and the highest volume reported 
since August 8 2025, when stocks were also reported at 31.6 million bbl, EIA 
data showed. Inventories were 1 million higher than the same week last year. 
Gasoline imports into PADD 5 averaged 46,000 bpd in the reference week, which 
were above 16,000 bpd and 7,000 bpd reported last week and year-over-year, 
respectively.
Distillate fuel oil stocks in PADD 5 slipped by 400,000 bbl to 12 million bbl 
week-over-week. Inventories of the same product were 700,000 bbl below levels 
reported in the same week last year, the EIA reported. Distillate imports 
averaged 12,000 bpd last week, compared to zero imports reported in the prior 
week, and were higher than the 9,000-bpd recorded on a yearly basis.
Jet fuel inventories on the West Coast were unchanged on the week at 11.2 
million bbl, however, they were 900,000 bbl lower than the same week last year. 
Jet fuel imports into the region averaged 179,000 bpd, compared to 34,000 bpd 
last week, but they were higher at 188,000 bpd in the same week of 2025.
Crude oil inventories in PADD 5 declined by 400,000 bbl to 46.5 million bbl in 
the week ended January 9. Crude stocks were 1.9 million bbl lower than the same 
week last year. Crude oil imports averaged 1.30 million bpd, up from 1.05 
million bpd the previous week and slightly higher than 1.29 million bpd 
reported a year earlier.
West Coast (PADD 5) gasoline prices continued to soften alongside the inventory 
movements, with retail regular gasoline prices declining by 5.9cts to average 
$3.649 gallon in the week ended January 12, EIA data showed. Prices in the 
region were 16.1cts lower than the same week last year, while gasoline prices 
on the West Coast excluding California fell by 6.3cts to $3.28 gallon and were 
14.8cts lower year over year.




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