Crude Inventory Fell 4.5M Barrels Last Week - EIA
- Crude Inventory -4.45M Barrels vs -368K Expected
- Cushing 80K
- Gasoline -1.17M vs -1.78M expected
- Distillate 796K vs -780K Expected
Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending August 28, 2026
For the week ending August 28, 2026, U.S. refineries processed 17.5 million barrels per day (b/d) – up 102,000 b/d from the previous week – at 98% capacity utilization. Gasoline output averaged 9.8 million b/d, and distillate production decreased to 5.1 million b/d.
Crude oil imports increased 612,000 b/d to 6.8 million b/d, and the four-week average of 6.7 million b/d is 2% above the year-ago level. Gasoline imports averaged 370,000 b/d; distillate imports averaged 113,000 b/d.
Commercial crude oil inventories (excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased 4.5 million barrels to 424.5 million barrels, 1% above the five-year average. Gasoline inventories decreased 1.2 million barrels, 6% below the five-year average. Distillate inventories increased 0.8 million barrels, 14% below the five-year average. Propane/propylene inventories decreased 2.1 million barrels, 25% above the five-year average. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 3.0 million barrels for the week.
Over the past four weeks, total product supplied averaged 20.4 million b/d, down 4% year-overyear. The four-week average for gasoline product supplied decreased 2% year-over-year to 8.9 million b/d, while the four-week average for distillate product supplied decreased 6% to 3.7 million b/d. The four-week average for jet fuel product supplied decreased 1% year over year.