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This Week in Petroleum

Release Date: May 22, 2024 Next Release Date: May 30, 2024

Crude oil futures and estimated contract prices (dollars per barrel)

Crude oil futures and estimated contract prices (dollars per barrel)more price data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
Contract 1 71.55 NA NA NA NA NA NA 86.91
Contract 2 71.69 NA NA NA NA NA NA 86.10
Contract 3 71.59 NA NA NA NA NA NA 85.20
Contract 4 71.31 NA NA NA NA NA NA 84.24
Note: Futures Prices after April 5, 2024, are not available.

Crude oil stocks (million barrels) and days of supply

Crude oil stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 455.2 458.8 457.0 459.5 460.9 453.6 460.0 457.3
East Coast (PADD 1) 9.3 8.4 8.0 8.8 8.3 8.3 8.6 7.9
Midwest (PADD 2) 122.4 120.4 122.7 122.4 120.7 119.9 119.0 119.9
Cushing, Oklahoma 37.2 36.3 35.0 35.3 33.5 32.4 33.0 33.0
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 244.7 261.5 257.9 259.0 261.6 254.8 260.9 257.5
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 26.8 24.9 24.7 25.0 24.8 25.1 25.5 25.8
West Coast (PADD 5) 51.9 43.7 43.8 44.3 45.5 45.5 46.0 46.2
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 04/26/24 04/19/24 04/12/24 04/05/24
U.S. 28.7 28.5 28.7 29.0 29.2 28.6 29.0 28.9
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. crude oil stocks / Four-week average U.S. crude oil refinery inputs

Crude oil production, imports, and exports (million barrels per day)

Crude oil production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. production 12.275 13.100 13.100 13.100 12.300 13.100 13.100 13.100
Crude oil imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. Crude oil, excluding SPR 6.165 6.787 6.746 6.675 5.850 6.663 6.744 6.969
Crude oil exports (million barrels per day) more export data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. exports 4.118 4.313 4.425 4.573 4.549 4.730 4.135 4.468

Crude oil refinery inputs (million barrels per day)

Crude oil refinery inputs (million barrels per day)more refinery input data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24 05/19/23 05/17/24 05/10/24 05/03/24
U.S. 15.885 16.081 15.929 15.843 16.069 16.482 16.255 15.948
East Coast (PADD 1) 0.771 0.821 0.798 0.803 0.753 0.847 0.785 0.864
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.626 3.740 3.630 3.569 3.742 3.999 3.832 3.589
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 8.974 8.886 8.845 8.799 8.921 9.049 9.013 8.845
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.480 0.570 0.574 0.567 0.530 0.544 0.580 0.579
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.033 2.064 2.081 2.105 2.123 2.044 2.045 2.071

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld