U.S. commercial crude stocks fall 8.6 million barrels in a week
The EIA put commercial inventories at 415.6 million barrels for the week ended October 9.
Event / data period: 2026-10-09
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U.S. commercial crude-oil inventories fell by 8.6 million barrels to 415.6 million barrels in the week ended October 9, the Energy Information Administration reported on October 15. Strategic Petroleum Reserve stocks were unchanged at 283.0 million barrels; the two inventory categories are reported separately.
Over the same week, gasoline inventories rose by 3.5 million barrels while distillate stocks fell by 2.5 million barrels. Refinery crude inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day, and refinery utilization was 93.5%. The EIA calculates weekly changes from unrounded data, so the reported changes should not be recomputed from the rounded stock levels.
Data
U.S. refinery activity, week ended October 9, 2026
Crude inputs and refinery capacity utilization reported in the EIA's weekly release.
- Refinery capacity utilization
- 93.5 percent
- 2026-10-09 · Observed
- Average daily refinery crude inputs
- 16.6 million barrels per day
- 2026-10-09 · Observed
Methodology
Transcribes values published by the EIA for the week ended October 9, 2026. Inventory changes are not recalculated from stock levels; the agency calculates weekly changes from unrounded data.
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