US crude oil production, trade & cover
The US crude flow picture in one place: how much crude the country produces, imports, and exports each week, reported by the U.S. EIA, plus a days-of-supply estimate of how long commercial stocks would cover refinery and export demand.
US crude oil production runs 13.9 M bbl/day as of July 10, 2026, against 5.7 M bbl/day of imports and 3.7 M bbl/day of exports, for net imports of 2.0 M bbl/day.
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Crude cover: about 26 days. Commercial crude stocks of 409.7M bbl divided by crude throughput of 15.8 M bbl/day (production plus imports minus exports) as of July 10, 2026. This is an approximation of the EIA days-of-supply concept, not the exact published figure.
US crude production sits near the top of the EIA record going back to 1983. The shale era turned the US into the world's largest crude producer, which is why the country exports light oil even as it imports heavier grades.
US crude oil production
July 23, 2021 to July 10, 2026
Weekly US crude oil field production, in millions of barrels per day. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
Weekly US crude oil production, imports, and exports, in barrels per day. Crude cover divides commercial crude stocks by throughput (production plus imports minus exports). Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Updated weekly.
US crude oil trade: common questions
- What is days of supply for crude oil?
- Days of supply, or crude cover, estimates how many days of refinery and export demand current commercial crude stocks would cover. This page approximates it by dividing commercial crude inventory by crude throughput, defined here as production plus imports minus exports. It is a context gauge, not the EIA's exact published figure.
- Why do crude imports still matter when the US produces over 13 million barrels a day?
- US refineries are configured for a mix of crude grades, and much of the light oil the US produces is exported while heavier and medium grades are imported to feed those refineries. So the US is a large producer, exporter, and importer at the same time, and imports still fill a real refining need.
- What is the difference between crude production and consumption?
- Production is the volume of crude lifted from US wells. Consumption is driven by refinery runs, which turn crude into gasoline, diesel, and other products. The gap between what the US produces, imports, and exports, against what refineries process, is what builds or draws commercial crude stocks.
- How often are these crude flow figures updated?
- The EIA publishes production, imports, and exports every week, typically Wednesday around 10:30 a.m. Eastern for the prior Friday's week. This page reads those same EIA series and shows the latest readings with their as-of date.