EIA Petroleum Status Report · Crude Oil Inventories
Definition
The EIA’s weekly tally of U.S. crude oil, gasoline and distillate inventories, production, refinery runs and imports.
Why investors care
Inventory surprises move crude and refined-product prices in real time and ripple into energy equities and inflation expectations.
What to watch
Read crude builds together with gasoline/distillate and refinery utilization — a crude build can be bullish if products draw hard.