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This Week in Petroleum

Release date: December 28, 2018  |  Next release date: January 4, 2019

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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
  12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18
Contract 1 58.47 45.59 51.20 52.61 50.93 50.42 56.46 60.19
Contract 2 58.54 45.89 51.47 52.81 51.09 50.59 56.68 60.36
Contract 3 58.54 46.23 51.76 53.05 51.23 50.76 56.88 60.56
Contract 4 58.48 46.61 52.06 53.31 51.36 50.91 57.07 60.75

Crude oil stocks (million barrels) and days of supply

Crude oil stocks (million barrels) more stock data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18
U.S. 431.9 441.4 441.5 442.0 443.2 450.5 446.9 442.1
East Coast (PADD 1) 13.2 11.9 11.4 11.2 13.6 14.0 15.0 14.0
Midwest (PADD 2) 136.8 129.2 128.8 128.4 128.6 127.4 125.7 126.3
Cushing, Oklahoma 51.4 41.3 40.5 39.4 38.3 36.5 35.3 35.5
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 208.2 229.3 231.8 232.6 228.8 237.9 232.1 228.7
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 23.3 22.4 22.2 23.2 23.8 23.3 23.2 22.6
West Coast (PADD 5) 50.3 48.6 47.4 46.6 48.5 47.9 51.0 50.4
Days of supply (number of days) more supply data ›
  Year ago Most recent
  12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 11/30/18 11/23/18 11/16/18 11/09/18
U.S. 25.2 25.3 25.3 25.5 25.9 26.8 27.0 27.0
Note: Days of Supply calculated as: U.S. crude oil stocks / Four-week average U.S. crude oil refinery inputs

Crude oil production and imports (million barrels per day)

Crude oil production (million barrels per day)more production data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18
U.S. production 9.758 11.650 11.650 11.675 9.754 11.700 11.600 11.600
Crude oil imports (million barrels per day) more import data ›
  Year ago Four-week averages Year ago Week ending
  12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18
Crude oil, excluding SPR 7.598 7.423 7.549 7.582 7.993 7.656 7.423 7.393

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
  12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18 12/22/17 12/21/18 12/14/18 12/07/18
U.S. 17.152 17.420 17.471 17.333 17.398 17.350 17.408 17.436
East Coast (PADD 1) 1.114 1.045 1.054 1.039 1.161 1.017 1.001 1.025
Midwest (PADD 2) 3.761 3.949 3.949 3.886 3.822 3.923 4.000 4.005
Gulf Coast (PADD 3) 9.173 9.344 9.349 9.272 9.232 9.368 9.394 9.252
Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) 0.568 0.599 0.600 0.597 0.603 0.585 0.599 0.630
West Coast (PADD 5) 2.536 2.484 2.520 2.540 2.580 2.457 2.414 2.524

Abbreviations: NA = Not Available  |  W = Data Withheld