Crude oil stocks excluding 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, US crude oil stocks excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve were 428,910 thousand barrels on 21 August 2026, compared to 428,815 on 14 August 2026. This constitutes a gain of 0.02 percent.
Sample. There are 2,291 observations in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The period covered by the series is from August 1982 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics computed on the full sample: stockpiles reached a minimum of 247,323 thousand barrels on 23 January 2004; they recorded a maximum of 540,722 on 19 June 2020; they had a mean of 348,831.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand barrels |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | 424410.0 |
| 2026-08-14 | 428815.0 |
| 2026-08-21 | 428910.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Crude oil stocks excluding 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 |
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Oil stocks
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crude oil stocks excluding Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2291 | 1982-08-20 | 2026-08-21 |
| Crude oil stocks in Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2291 | 1982-08-20 | 2026-08-21 |
| Crude oil stocks including Strategic Petroleum Reserve (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 2291 | 1982-08-20 | 2026-08-21 |
Detail
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: East Coast (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1912 | 1990-01-05 | 2026-08-21 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: Midwest (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1912 | 1990-01-05 | 2026-08-21 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: Gulf Coast (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1912 | 1990-01-05 | 2026-08-21 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: Rocky Mountain (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1912 | 1990-01-05 | 2026-08-21 |
| Non-strategic crude oil stocks: West Coast (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1912 | 1990-01-05 | 2026-08-21 |
Other
| Series Name | Observations | Start Date | End Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Other oil stocks: Cushing (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 1168 | 2004-04-09 | 2026-08-21 |
| Other oil stocks: in transit on ships from Alaska (thousand barrels) - United States - EIA - Weekly | 847 | 2010-06-04 | 2026-08-21 |