# PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) propane price Residential and wholesale propane, EIA weekly survey (October-March) _Data through Mar 30, 2026 · source last checked Sep 2, 2026 · page revised Aug 19, 2026_ > Out of season — last quoted Mar 30, 2026. > Now $2.929/gal, 0.6% below the 4-yr median. The EIA weekly price survey runs October through March; the latest reading is $2.929/gal from Mar 30, 2026. The survey resumes in October. The EIA price survey paused after March 30, when Gulf Coast residential propane read $2.929/gal, 0.6% below the 4-yr median. The survey resumes in October. ## Final weeks of the 2025-26 heating season | Period | Current | Prior | Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | vs 4-yr median | $2.929/gal | $2.948/gal | -0.6% | | Year over year | $2.929/gal | $2.971/gal | -1.4% | | vs 4 weeks ago | $2.929/gal | $2.923/gal | +0.2% | | Week over week | $2.929/gal | $2.930/gal | -0.0% | ## About PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) propane price The Gulf Coast, PADD 3, covers Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico and Texas, and is where most of the country's propane originates rather than where most of it is used. Mont Belvieu, the salt-cavern storage and export hub that prices US propane, sits inside this region, and refineries and gas processing plants across it produce the bulk of national supply. Retail demand here is mostly rural and small-town: homes on tanks away from the gas mains, poultry houses, and industrial and agricultural users, a different market entirely from the hub trading a few counties away. Because supply barely has to travel to reach a Gulf Coast customer, this region's retail-minus-wholesale spread, on [Gulf Coast retail vs wholesale](/spreads/padd3), runs tighter than any other region on this site: less freight, fewer intermediate handoffs between the [Mont Belvieu spot price](/spot/mont-belvieu) and the delivery truck. When the Gulf Coast retail price still moves sharply here, it is more often a hub-price story than a delivery-cost story, the opposite of what drives a change on the East Coast. New Mexico's inclusion is a reminder that PADD boundaries follow historical refining districts rather than modern supply geography: it sits closer to the Rockies than to Houston, but reports here alongside Texas and Louisiana all the same. Texas itself carries the large majority of this district's retail demand simply on population, spread across ranch country and small towns far from any gas main. ## About this data - Source: EIA State Heating Oil and Propane Program survey - Series: Propane price, residential and wholesale/resale - Basis: Residential and wholesale/resale - Geography: PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) - Unit: $/gal - Calculation period: Weekly survey, Oct-Mar heating season - Last observation: Mar 30, 2026 - Update frequency: Weekly, Oct-Mar --- Cite: PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) residential propane averaged $2.929/gal as of Mar 30, 2026 (EIA). The Fill Line. https://fill-line.com/region/padd3 Canonical URL: https://fill-line.com/region/padd3