EIA Crude Oil Inventories: Release Dates, Results & History
EIA Crude Oil Inventories last printed 0.10M on Wed, Aug 26, 2026 against a 1.90M consensus forecast and a 4.41M prior, a -0.72 standard-deviation surprise. The next release is Wednesday, September 2, 2026 at 10:30 AM ET. Captured live by Helious the moment it printed.
The weekly crude inventory print is the main scheduled event on the oil tape: a surprise draw or build reprices WTI within seconds of 10:30. Traders read it against the prior evening's API figure and the Cushing delivery-point detail underneath, since that balance drives the WTI curve. A run of draws or builds sets the energy leg of the inflation trade for weeks.
The trend, at a glance
How it moves Treasuries
No direct Treasury channel: the pass-through runs crude to gasoline to headline inflation expectations. A draw-driven oil spike leans bearish bonds via breakevens, builds the opposite, and the move is usually modest. See it scored live on the Helious desk, or read how the standard-deviation surprise is computed.
Recent prints, as captured by the desk
| DATE | ACTUAL | FORECAST | PRIOR | SURPRISE (SD) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.10M | 1.90M | 4.41M | -0.72 | BELOW FORECAST | |
| 4.41M | -0.60M | 17.42M | +2.00 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 17.42M | -1.40M | 2.48M | +7.53 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| 2.48M | -1.50M | -7.17M | +1.59 | ABOVE FORECAST | |
| -7.17M | -2.50M | 2.01M | -1.87 | BELOW FORECAST | |
| 2.01M | -1.50M | -1.69M | +1.40 | ABOVE FORECAST |
The 6 most recent prints from the desk's live capture (began July 2026), a sample. Every row links the print page published the moment the number landed; the full graded history is served by the API.
Weekly, every Wednesday (shifts a day on holiday weeks) · 10:30 AM ET · download a sample (CSV, recent rows), free to cite with a link to this page. The full history comes through the Helious API and MCP at api.helious.io/mcp, with depth set by plan.