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Near normalPADD 2 (Midwest) propane stocks
Propane and propylene in primary storage, EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report
Data through Jul 17, 2026 · source last checked Jul 26, 2026 · page revised Jul 26, 2026
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- Stocks
About this data
- Source
- EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report
- Series
- Propane and propylene ending stocks
- Basis
- Primary storage, excluding propylene at terminal
- Geography
- PADD 2 (Midwest)
- Unit
- million barrels
- Calculation
- Weekly ending stocks
- Last observation
- Jul 17, 2026
- Update frequency
- Weekly
Now 23.5 million barrels, 9% above the 5-yr median.
PADD 2 propane stocks built 0.6 million barrels to 23.5 million on the week and sit 9% above the 5-year median. The region has added 2.8 million barrels over the past month.
| Period | Current | Prior | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Week over week | 23.5 million barrels | 22.9 million barrels | +2.5% |
| vs 4 weeks ago | 23.5 million barrels | 20.7 million barrels | +13.6% |
| Year over year | 23.5 million barrels | 21.6 million barrels | +9.1% |
| vs 5-yr median | 23.5 million barrels | 21.6 million barrels | +9.1% |
About PADD 2 (Midwest) propane stocks
The Midwest carries a demand pattern the coasts do not share: propane fires grain dryers across the Corn Belt every fall, so stocks here can tighten weeks before winter heating demand even arrives, especially after a wet harvest. Supply reaches the region by pipeline from the Gulf Coast and from gas processing plants closer to home, with a secondary storage and trading hub around Conway, Kansas that functions as a smaller inland counterpart to Mont Belvieu. Stocks build through the same spring-to-summer window as the rest of the country, then draw down first for the harvest and again through the heating season proper. The five-year band is the reference point for whether the Midwest is carrying its usual cushion into an autumn that starts drawing on it earlier than the calendar alone would suggest.