Crude Inventory Rose 1.8 Million Barrels Last Week

• Crude Inventory 1.79M Barrels vs -149K Expected
• Cushing -271K
• Gasoline 4.13M vs 10K Expected
• Distillate 578K vs -1.13M Expected

Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending September 26, 2025

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day during the week ending September 26, 2025, which was 308 thousand barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 91.4% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased by 25 thousand barrels per day last week, still averaging 5 million barrels per day.

U.S. crude oil imports averaged 5.8 million barrels per day last week, decreased by 662 thousand barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.1 million barrels per day, 7.5% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 668 thousand barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 118 thousand barrels per day.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 1.8 million barrels from the previous week. At 416.5 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 4% below the five year average for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 4.1 million barrels from last week and is the same as the five year average for this time of year. Both finished gasoline inventories and blending components inventories increased last week. Distillate fuel inventories increased by 0.6 million barrels last week and are about 6% below the five year average for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories increased by 3.5 million barrels from last week and are 13% above the five year average for this time of year. Total commercial petroleum inventories increased by 6.4 million barrels last week.

Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.3 million barrels a day, up by 1.2% from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 8.7 million barrels a day, down by 0.5% from the same as the last year period. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.6 million barrels a day over the past four weeks, down by 4.4% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was down 3.3% compared with the same four-week period last year.

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