U.S. Crude Oil Inventories & Oil Prices (EIA Weekly)

Name: U.S. Crude Oil Inventories & Oil Prices (EIA Weekly)
Creator: U.S. Energy Information Administration

U.S. Crude Oil & Gasoline Inventories and Oil Prices

Based on the Weekly Petroleum Status Report released every Wednesday by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), this page shows inventories of crude oil, gasoline, distillate and more alongside WTI and Brent oil prices. See at a glance whether stocks are high or low compared with the same time of year over the past five years.

Latest dataWeek ending 9/18 (released Wed, 9/23)Next releaseWed, 9/30, 10:30 AM ETWTI latest$96.41 (9/22)

This Week's Inventory Report

Units: million barrels (levels and weekly changes)

WTI crude spot price

$96.41/bbl

1 week−10.61 (−9.9%)

Last 3 months (daily)vs. 3 mo. ago +$21.79

As of 9/22 / week end $101.44

WTI chart & instrument details

Crude oil (commercial) rose by 2.97 million bbl week over week, leaving stocks 2.0% above the 5-year average for this time of year.
Gasoline fell by 1.69 million bbl week over week, leaving stocks 5.7% below the 5-year average for this time of year and below the 5-year range.
Distillate fuel fell by 0.43 million bbl week over week, leaving stocks 12.3% below the 5-year average for this time of year and below the 5-year range.
Cushing crude rose by 2.27 million bbl week over week, leaving stocks 7.4% below the 5-year average for this time of year.

Inventories and Oil Prices Over Time

Top: inventories (weekly) / Bottom: oil prices (daily). Hover over the chart to see values

Inventory

Period

Crude oil inventories5-year average (same time of year)5-year range (min–max)WTIBrent

Detailed price charts:WTI Crude Oil Brent Crude Oil Gasoline

Seasonal Pattern and Weekly Change

Showing: Crude oil — follows the selector above

This year vs. the past 5 years

Inventories rise and fall with the seasons. The standard way to read them is to compare with the same time of year over the past five years.

202620255-yr average5-yr range (2021–2025)

Weekly change (last 26 weeks)

Positive = inventory build; negative = inventory draw.

BuildDraw

Last 12 Weeks

Units: inventories and weekly changes in million barrels; prices in USD/bbl

Week ending	Crude	W/W	Gasoline	W/W	Distillate	W/W	Cushing	W/W	WTI (week ending)
9/18/2026	426.4	+2.97	206.0	−1.69	107.4	−0.43	23.7	+2.27	101.44
9/11/2026	423.4	−0.64	207.7	+0.79	107.9	+1.59	21.5	−0.34	101.27
9/4/2026	424.1	−0.39	206.9	+1.27	106.3	+2.09	21.8	−0.68	92.69
8/28/2026	424.5	−4.45	205.7	−1.17	104.2	+0.80	22.5	+0.08	84.57
8/21/2026	428.9	+0.10	206.8	−2.54	103.4	−2.23	22.4	+1.18	87.21
8/14/2026	428.8	+4.41	209.4	+0.69	105.6	−1.53	21.3	−1.31	83.99
8/7/2026	424.4	+17.42	208.7	−0.97	107.1	−0.01	22.6	+1.61	79.77
7/31/2026	407.0	+2.48	209.7	−1.64	107.2	−3.47	21.0	+2.36	86.16
7/24/2026	404.5	−7.17	211.3	+0.01	110.6	+1.06	18.6	−0.77	91.74
7/17/2026	411.7	+2.01	211.3	+0.77	109.6	+1.40	19.4	−0.67	83.43
7/10/2026	409.7	−1.69	210.5	−1.53	108.2	+4.56	20.0	+0.43	72.45
7/3/2026	411.4	+3.00	212.1	−1.90	103.6	−4.98	19.6	−0.05	69.73

“Week ending” is the last day (Friday) of the reporting week; data are released the following Wednesday. Crude oil inventories are commercial stocks excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).

For Beginners: How to Read the EIA Inventory Report

The basics in 3 minutes

What is the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report?

It is a weekly report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on U.S. inventories of crude oil, gasoline and other petroleum products. Because the U.S. is one of the world's largest oil consumers, changes in its inventories are closely watched by market participants worldwide as a driver of crude oil prices (WTI).

Released every Wednesday10:30 a.m. ETA key driver of oil prices

1The weekly cycle up to the release

Friday

Reporting week ends

Inventories through this day are counted. The “week ending” date on this page is this Friday.

Tuesday (U.S.)

API report (preview)

Tue ~4:30 p.m. ET

The American Petroleum Institute (API), an industry group, publishes its own inventory estimates, seen as a preview of the EIA data.

Wednesday (U.S.)

EIA report released

10:30 a.m. ET

The EIA publishes the official data at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time. This page is updated with this data.

Right after

Oil prices react

If the results differ from market expectations, WTI can move sharply within a short time.

* In weeks with a U.S. federal holiday, the release may move to Thursday around 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. ET (the “Next release” shown assumes the regular schedule).

2How inventory changes relate to oil prices

Inventories roseBuild

Stocks ↑→Supply looks ample→Downward pressure on prices

Inventories fellDraw

Stocks ↓→Demand strong or supply tight→Upward pressure on prices

Key point

Actual price moves often depend less on whether inventories rose or fell and more on how far the result differed from market expectations. It is not unusual for prices to fall even when inventories drop.

Forecast

−2.0M

Actual

−0.5M

Example: inventories fell, but by less than expected → seen as “demand weaker than thought”, which can weigh on prices.

3Inventories have seasonal habits

GasolineSummer driving season

DistillateWinter heating demand

Crude oilRefinery maintenance

HurricanesCrude and products

Peak impactShoulder period

Gasoline demand rises in summer and distillate demand in winter, so those stocks tend to fall then. During refinery maintenance (spring and autumn), refiners use less crude, so crude stocks tend to build. Hurricanes hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast can shut in production and refineries and cause large swings. That is why it matters to compare not just with last week but with “the same time of year over the past 5 years.” → See the seasonal chart

43 steps to check on release day

STEP 1

Crude stock change vs. forecast

Start with the headline crude oil figure. Check whether it rose or fell, and whether it came in above or below market expectations.

STEP 2

Gasoline, distillate and Cushing

Product inventories reflect the strength of demand. Changes at Cushing, the WTI delivery point, also tend to move prices.

STEP 3

Level vs. the past 5 years

Beyond the weekly change, are stocks higher or lower than usual? Compare with the gray band in the charts above.

Glossary

OIL

Crude oil (commercial)

Crude oil held by oil companies and others, excluding government stocks (SPR). This is what the news usually means by “crude inventories.”

GAS

Gasoline

Motor gasoline inventories. Demand rises during the driving season from late May to early September.

Gasoline price page

DIST

Distillate

Diesel fuel and heating oil. Reflects winter heating demand and trends in freight and the economy.

Cushing

An oil storage hub in Oklahoma. As the delivery point for WTI crude futures, its inventories have a particularly strong influence on WTI prices.

SPR

Strategic Petroleum Reserve

Emergency crude oil held by the U.S. government. Releases and refills are decided as policy.

WTI

WTI / Brent

WTI (U.S. crude) and Brent (the international benchmark based on North Sea crude) are the main crude oil price benchmarks. This page shows EIA spot prices (daily).

WTI Crude Oil Brent Crude Oil

bbl

Barrel

The standard unit for oil volume. EIA reports in thousands of barrels; for readability this page shows inventory levels and weekly changes in millions of barrels.

1 barrel = 42 U.S. gallons ≈ 159 liters

Oil prices are driven not only by inventories but by many factors, including producers' output policies, the economic outlook, the U.S. dollar and geopolitical risk. The explanations here describe general tendencies and do not predict future price movements.

Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Weekly Petroleum Status Report, Spot Prices (retrieved via EIA API v2 or EIA public data pages).The 5-year average and range are calculated on this page from the same week (nearest week) in each of the previous five years. Data are based on EIA releases; accuracy and completeness are not guaranteed, and updates may be delayed.
Data updated: 9/25/2026, 4:46:17 AM ET