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 718,636 thousand barrels on 21 August 2026, versus 722,241 on 14 August 2026. This marks a decrease of 0.50 percent.
Sample. There are 2,291 data points in the weekly series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the span of time stretching from August 1982 to August 2026.
History. Check out a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: stockpiles had a mean value of 934,030 thousand barrels; they attained a maximum of 1,227,678 on 31 March 2017; they recorded a bottom of 607,781 on 15 October 1982.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Thousand barrels |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | 723104.0 |
| 2026-08-14 | 722241.0 |
| 2026-08-21 | 718636.0 |
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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 |
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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 |