Crude oil stocks including Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: Oil stocks in the US (EIA)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the EIA, total US crude oil stocks including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve were 825,417 thousand barrels on 29 August 2025, versus 822,493 on 22 August 2025. This represents a gain of 0.36 percent.
Sample. There are 2,240 records in the weekly time series shown in the graph above. The series covers the period extending from August 1982 to August 2025.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: stockpiles hit a maximum of 1,227,678 thousand barrels on 31 March 2017; they recorded a minimum of 607,781 on 15 October 1982; they had a mean value of 936,751.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand barrels |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-15 | 824109.0 |
| 2025-08-22 | 822493.0 |
| 2025-08-29 | 825417.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude oil stocks including Strategic Petroleum Reserve |
| Country or region | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Thousand barrels |
| Source | U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) |
| Source type | Government Agency |
| Data licence | Public domain |
| Measure type | Level |
Series in the same data set: Oil stocks
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil stocks excluding Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2240 | 1982-08-20 | 2025-08-29 |
| Crude oil stocks in Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2240 | 1982-08-20 | 2025-08-29 |
| Crude oil stocks including Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2240 | 1982-08-20 | 2025-08-29 |
Series in the same data set: Detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: East Coast (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1861 | 1990-01-05 | 2025-08-29 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: Midwest (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1861 | 1990-01-05 | 2025-08-29 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: Gulf Coast (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1861 | 1990-01-05 | 2025-08-29 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: Rocky Mountain (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1861 | 1990-01-05 | 2025-08-29 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: West Coast (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1861 | 1990-01-05 | 2025-08-29 |
Series in the same data set: Other
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other oil stocks: Cushing (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1117 | 2004-04-09 | 2025-08-29 |
| Other oil stocks: in transit on ships from Alaska (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 796 | 2010-06-04 | 2025-08-29 |