Weekly Crude Oil Storage as of September 18, 2026U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 3.0 million barrels from the previous week. At 426.4 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are 2% above the five-year average for this time of year, according to the EIA crude oil and petroleum weekly storage data, reporting inventories as of September 18, 2026.Summary of weekly petroleum data for the week ending September 18, 2026U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.8 million barrels per day during the week ending September 18, 2026, which was 519,000 thousand barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 94.0% of their operable capacity last week.Gasoline production had no change last week, averaging 9.6 million barrels per day.Distillate fuel production decreased, averaging 5.2 million barrels per day.ImportsU.S. crude oil imports averaged 5.9 million barrels per day last week, decreased by1.2 million barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.6 million barrels per day, 5.3% more than the same four-week period last year.Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 401,000 barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 85,000 barrels per day.Products inventoriesTotal motor gasoline inventories decreased by 1.7 from last week and and are about 6% below the five year average for this time of year.Finished gasoline inventories and blending components inventories both decreased last week.Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 0.4 million barrels last week and are about 12% below the five year average for this time of year.Propane/propylene inventories decreased by 1.2 million barrels from last week and are 20% above the five year average for this time of year.Total commercial petroleum inventories increased by 0.1 million barrels last week.Products suppliedTotal products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.6 million barrels per day, up by 0.5% above from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks:Motor gasoline product supplied decreased 8.8 million barrels per day, down by 0.8% from the same period last year.Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.6 million barrels per day over the past four weeks, up by 0.3% from the same period last year.Jet fuel product supplied was up 6.2% compared with the same four-week period last year.