US Crude Inventories Build 4.7M Barrels
US commercial crude inventories rose to 414.4 million barrels. Current inventories represent 24.3 days of refinery supply. The Strategic Petroleum Reserve holds 279.5 million barrels (39% of capacity). Cushing, Oklahoma — the WTI delivery hub — stores 27.4 million barrels.
Commercial Stocks
As of November 12, 2026
SPR Level
Cushing Storage
Days of Supply
Commercial crude stocks ÷ crude oil input to refineries, same week, EIA Table 1
This week's oil inventory report
EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report released , week ending
- Commercial crude
- Build 4.7M bbl
- 414.4M bbl in storage
- Gasoline
- Build 1.8M bbl
- Distillate
- Build 4.1M bbl
Release rhythm: the American Petroleum Institute publishes its industry survey on Tuesday afternoon, and the EIA publishes the official report the next day, normally Wednesday at 10:30 AM Eastern. In federal holiday weeks both the day and the time move, so check the EIA release schedule. This page shows the EIA figures. The American Petroleum Institute survey and analyst "expected" estimates are not in our dataset, so no draw-versus-expected figure is shown.
Last 12 weeks: draws and builds
The headline numbers from each weekly EIA report in one table: commercial crude level and the week-over-week change for crude, gasoline and distillate, in million barrels. Negative is a draw, positive is a build.
| Report date | Week ending | Crude stocks | Crude change | Gasoline change | Distillate change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 12, 2026 | Nov 6, 2026 | 414.4 | +4.7 | +1.8 | +4.1 |
| Nov 4, 2026 | Oct 30, 2026 | 409.8 | -0.9 | -0.2 | -3.6 |
| Oct 28, 2026 | Oct 23, 2026 | 410.6 | -1.9 | +3.9 | -1.5 |
| Oct 21, 2026 | Oct 16, 2026 | 412.5 | -3.1 | -3.0 | +1.7 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | Oct 9, 2026 | 415.6 | -8.6 | +3.5 | -2.5 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | Oct 2, 2026 | 424.1 | -3.2 | +0.4 | 0.0 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Sep 25, 2026 | 427.3 | +0.9 | -1.7 | -2.3 |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 426.4 | +3.0 | -1.7 | -0.4 |
| Sep 16, 2026 | Sep 11, 2026 | 423.4 | -0.6 | +0.8 | +1.6 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | Sep 4, 2026 | 424.1 | -0.4 | +1.3 | +2.1 |
| Sep 2, 2026 | Aug 28, 2026 | 424.5 | -4.4 | -1.2 | +0.8 |
| Aug 26, 2026 | Aug 21, 2026 | 428.9 | +0.1 | -2.5 | -2.2 |
Source: EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report, via OilPriceAPI. Need these numbers in code? The oil inventories API returns the same series as JSON.
How to read the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report
Distillate stocks rose 4.1 million barrels to 103.3 million in the report released November 12, 2026 (week ending November 6, 2026), still 6.8% below a year ago and 8% below the five-year average. That one line shows why the report takes more than a glance at the headline: a build can still leave stocks tight.
What the report is
The Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) is the U.S. Energy Information Administration's weekly count of crude oil and petroleum product stocks, refinery activity, imports, exports and product supplied. Stocks are measured as of the Friday the week ends on. Table 1 is the national balance sheet, Table 4 breaks stocks out by region and compares them with one and two years ago, and Table 9 covers refinery inputs and utilization.
When it comes out
The standard release is Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. Federal holidays move both the day and the time: the report for the week ending November 6, 2026 came out Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern because of the Veterans Day closure. EIA lists every exception on its release schedule.
The stock lines
- Commercial crude excludes the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. It was 414.4 million barrels, up 4.7 million from 409.8 million the week before and 3.1% below the year-ago 427.6 million. The SPR is reported separately: 279.5 million, down 2.6 million.
- Total motor gasoline was 210.8 million barrels, up 1.8 million. Most of that line is blending components, not finished gasoline.
- Distillate fuel oil covers diesel and heating oil: 103.3 million barrels, up from 99.3 million. The 15 ppm sulfur and under line (ultra-low sulfur diesel) was 91.8 million, up 3.6 million. For prices, see diesel prices, the live diesel price and the live heating oil price.
- Kerosene-type jet fuel was 42.0 million barrels, up 0.2 million. Total commercial petroleum stocks, excluding the SPR, were 1,215.7 million, up 11.4 million.
- Cushing, Oklahoma is the delivery point for NYMEX WTI futures, so its stocks are read on their own: 27.4 million barrels, up 0.1 million (Table 4). More on the Cushing storage page.
Sources: EIA WPSR Table 1 and Table 4, the report released November 12, 2026 (week ending November 6, 2026).
Refinery inputs and utilization
Crude oil input to refineries is how much crude refiners ran: 17,047 thousand barrels a day, up 322 thousand (Table 1). Utilization is gross inputs divided by operable capacity: 95.2%, against 94.5% the week before (17,178 over 18,044 thousand barrels a day, Table 9). High runs pull crude out of storage and add to product stocks, which is one way crude can draw while gasoline and distillate build.
Product supplied, EIA's demand proxy
EIA does not measure consumption directly. Product supplied is what left the primary supply system, and it is the report's stand-in for demand. A single week is noisy: distillate product supplied was 3,411 thousand barrels a day, down from 4,439 the week before. The four-week average is the sturdier read, and it points the other way: 3,947 against 3,789 a year ago, up 4.2% (Table 1).
Reading against the five-year average
The weekly change says which way stocks moved. The five-year comparison says whether the level is high or low for the time of year. In EIA's official summary for this report, commercial crude was 4% below the five-year average, gasoline 1% above and distillate 8% below, in a week when all three built. Table 4 adds the year-ago and two-year-ago levels: distillate was 110.9 million barrels a year earlier and 114.4 million two years earlier, 9.7% above today's level.
EIA report versus the API survey
The American Petroleum Institute publishes its own industry survey on Tuesday afternoon, from figures its member companies report voluntarily. The EIA report that follows is the official government count, built from mandatory surveys. Traders read the Tuesday survey as an early signal and the EIA figures as the number of record. This page shows EIA data only and does not republish the Institute's figures.
The same stocks as JSON
The oil inventories API returns weekly stock levels and week-over-week changes for commercial crude, the SPR, Cushing, gasoline, distillate, jet fuel and propane, on plans that include the inventory endpoints. Year-ago and five-year comparisons, product supplied and refinery utilization come from EIA's tables, not from the API.
Get an API keyFigures in this section were checked against EIA's published tables on November 14, 2026. EIA revises weekly estimates, so the tables linked above are the reference.
52-Week Inventory History
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EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report FAQ
The Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR) is the U.S. Energy Information Administration's weekly count of crude oil and petroleum product stocks, refinery inputs and utilization, imports, exports and product supplied. Stocks are measured as of the Friday the week ends on. It is the official government figure that markets compare with the earlier industry survey.
The standard release is Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. Eastern. Federal holidays move both the day and the time. For example, the report for the week ending November 6, 2026 came out Thursday, November 12 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern because of Veterans Day. EIA publishes every exception on its release schedule at eia.gov/petroleum/supply/weekly/schedule.php.
Commercial crude oil inventories are stocks held by private companies (refineries, traders, etc.) for business purposes. This excludes the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, which is government-owned. Commercial stocks directly influence crude oil prices as they indicate supply/demand balance.
The API report is the American Petroleum Institute's Weekly Statistical Bulletin, released on Tuesdays at 4:30 PM Eastern from figures its member companies report voluntarily. It is a subscription product, and this page does not republish it. The numbers on this page come from the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report, the government survey that follows it, normally on Wednesday at 10:30 AM Eastern and on a different day and time in federal holiday weeks. Markets read the API figure as an early signal and the EIA figure as the government count.
A draw means inventories fell over the report week (more crude was consumed or exported than added), and a build means they rose. Traders watch draws and builds because they signal whether supply is tightening or loosening: a larger-than-expected draw is typically bullish for crude prices, and a larger-than-expected build is typically bearish. The figures come from the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR).
Distillate fuel oil covers diesel and heating oil. Read three things together: the weekly change, the level against a year ago (Table 1 and Table 4), and the level against the five-year average (EIA's official summary). In the report for the week ending November 6, 2026, distillate stocks rose 4.1 million barrels to 103.3 million, yet were 6.8% below a year ago and 8% below the five-year average. The line for 15 ppm sulfur and under is ultra-low sulfur diesel, 91.8 million barrels that week.
It compares this week's stock level with the average level for the same week over the previous five years, so it accounts for the season. A weekly build tells you stocks rose; the five-year comparison tells you whether they are high or low for the time of year. In EIA's summary for the week ending November 6, 2026, commercial crude was 4% below the five-year average, gasoline 1% above and distillate 8% below, in a week when all three built.
Yes. The oil inventories API returns weekly stock levels and week-over-week changes for commercial crude, the SPR, Cushing, gasoline, distillate, jet fuel and propane as JSON, on plans that include the inventory endpoints. See oilpriceapi.com/oil-inventories-api for the endpoints. Values appear once EIA publishes each report, not in real time. Year-ago and five-year comparisons, product supplied and refinery utilization are in EIA's tables and are not API fields.
On this page, days of supply is commercial crude stocks divided by that week's crude oil input to refineries, both from EIA Table 1. For the week ending November 6, 2026 that is 414.4 million barrels divided by 17,047 thousand barrels a day, or 24.3 days. It says how long current stocks would cover refinery runs at that week's rate. The figure is shown only when stocks and inputs are for the same week.
PADD 3 (Gulf Coast) holds the largest share of US commercial crude inventories due to its concentration of refineries. Cushing, Oklahoma serves as the key hub for WTI crude delivery, making its storage levels particularly market-moving.