Crude Inventory Rose 6.9 Million Barrels Last Week - EIA
- Crude Inventory 6.93M Barrels vs -190K Expected
- Cushing 3.42M
- Gasoline -2.59M vs -2.43M Expected
- Distillate 3.03M vs -1.59M Expected
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending March 20, 2026
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day during the week ending March 20, 2026, which was 366 thousand barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 92.9% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 9.7 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased by 158 thousand barrels per day last week, averaging 5.0 million barrels per day.
U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.5 million barrels per day last week, decreased by 730 thousand barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.6 million barrels per day, 15.5% more than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 443 thousand barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 155 thousand barrels per day.
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 6.9 million barrels from the previous week. At 456.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 0.1% above the five year average for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 2.6 million barrels from last week and are 3% above the five year average for this time of year. Both finished gasoline and blending components inventories decreased last week. Distillate fuel inventories increased by 3.0 million barrels last week and are about 0.4% below the five year average for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories increased by 0.5 million barrels from last week and are 59% above the five year average for this time of year. Total commercial petroleum inventories increased by 8.3 million barrels last week.
Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.7 million barrels a day, up by 2.4% from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 8.8 million barrels a day, down by 0.9% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.9 million barrels a day over the past four weeks, up by 1.3% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was down 2.8% compared with the same four-week period last year.