PADD 3 Stocks Reach 69.6 Million Barrels, 29% Above Five-Year Median

PADD 3 propane inventories reached 69.6 million barrels for the week ending August 21, 29% above the five-year median and up 3% on the week, per EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report. US propane demand (product supplied) ran at 0.631 million barrels per day, 35% below the five-year median and down 8% on the week. Mont Belvieu spot propane fell to $0.685/gal, down 5.3% on the week and 12% below its five-year median.

• US propane demand (product supplied, EIA WPSR): 0.631 million b/d, down 8% week over week from the prior week, 35% below the five-year median.
• Mont Belvieu propane spot (EIA): $0.685/gal, down 5.3% from the prior week, 12% below the five-year median.
• US propane exports (EIA WPSR): 2.018 million b/d, 25% above the five-year median, down 1% on the week.
• US propane imports (EIA WPSR): 0.082 million b/d, down 21.9% on the week, 12% above the five-year median. PADD 2 imports led the drop, falling 50% on the week to 0.020 million b/d and now sitting even with the five-year median.
• PADD 1A propane stocks (EIA WPSR): 0.8 million barrels, 79% above the five-year median.

US primary propane stocks of 109.5 million barrels cover 147 days of supply at the trailing four-week product-supplied average of 0.743 million barrels per day (EIA WPSR, week ending August 21). That figure is a coverage ratio and does not net out exports. EIA's Short-Term Energy Outlook puts US propane/propylene inventories at 103.8 million barrels at the end of December 2026.