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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)

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Latest updates. According to the EIA, total US crude oil stocks including the Strategic Petroleum Reserve stood at 878,042 thousand barrels on 3 April 2026, compared to 876,700 on 27 March. This constitutes a gain of 0.15 percent.

Sample. There are 2,271 records in the weekly series presented in the chart above. The span of time covered by the series is from August 1982 to April 2026.

History. Have a look at a few summary statistics calculated on the entire sample: stockpiles hit a minimum of 607,781 thousand barrels on 15 October 1982; they reached their highest level of 1,227,678 on 31 March 2017; they were equal on average to 935,438.

Latest values

Date Value - Thousand barrels
2026-03-20 871627.0
2026-03-27 876700.0
2026-04-03 878042.0

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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