# PADD 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_ > 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. ## The numbers | 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. ## 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 period: Weekly ending stocks - Last observation: Jul 17, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly --- Cite: PADD 2 (Midwest) propane stocks: 23.5 million barrels, 9% above the 5-yr median (The Fill Line's same-week 5-year median, not EIA's published five-year average). The Fill Line, data through Jul 17, 2026. https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd2 Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/stocks/padd2