US crude oil production, trade & cover ·EIA week ending August 28, 2026
US crude oil production runs 13.9 M bbl/day as of August 28, 2026, against 6.8 M bbl/day of imports and 4.5 M bbl/day of exports, for net imports of 2.3 M bbl/day.
US crude oil production
September 10, 2021 to August 28, 2026
Weekly US crude oil field production, in millions of barrels per day. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
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About this series
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 EIA's days-of-supply measure of how long commercial crude stocks would last against refinery demand.
Days of supply: 24.4 days as of August 28, 2026. This is EIA's published measure: commercial crude stocks of 424.5M bbl, excluding the SPR, divided by refinery net inputs of crude oil. Read from EIA series W_EPC0_VSD_NUS_DAYS, not derived on this page.
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.
Weekly US crude oil production, imports, and exports, in barrels per day, plus EIA's published crude days-of-supply measure: commercial crude stocks, excluding the SPR, divided by refinery net inputs of crude oil. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Updated weekly. EIA days-of-supply series ↗ EIA definition ↗
US crude oil trade: common questions
- What is days of supply for crude oil?
- Days of supply measures how many days current commercial crude stocks would last against refinery demand. This page shows EIA's published measure: US commercial crude stocks, excluding the SPR, divided by refinery net inputs of crude oil. It is the same figure EIA prints in the Weekly Petroleum Status Report, not an estimate derived on this page.
- 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.
More questions
- 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.