EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report - 5 August 2026
EIA's Weekly Petroleum Status Report, published Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 18:00 Tehran time, showed US crude inventories rose 2.479 million barrels to 407 million barrels for the week ending 31 July 2026, versus a forecast 1.5 million barrel draw. Gasoline stocks fell 1.643 million barrels and distillates fell 3.473 million barrels the same week.
Recorded figures
- Actual
- +2.479 million bbl (crude stocks)
- Forecast
- -1.5 million bbl (crude stocks)
- gasoline change
- -1.643 million bbl
- distillate change
- -3.473 million bbl
As of Aug 5, 2026
Sources
U.S. Energy Information Administration · EIA
The standard release time and day of the week will be at 10:30 a.m. eastern time on Wednesdays.
Cited Aug 5, 2026
US crude inventories rose by 2.479 million barrels to 407 million barrels in the week ended July 31, compared with market expectations for a 1.5 million-barrel draw.
Cited Aug 6, 2026
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