East Coast distillate inventory ·EIA week ending August 21, 2026
East Coast distillate storage holds 21.0 M bbl as of August 21, 2026, down 5.5% week over week.
The Desk's read
East Coast diesel and heating fuel stocks sit thin, the lowest since May 2022 and resting at the 0th percentile of the 37-year record. We track this as metal-thin cover: 21.0 MM bbl as of 2026-08-21, down 12.1% over 30 days. The drain reads real but not frantic; the trailing 13-report change sits at the 39 percentile of all such stretches, closer to the drain side than the middle. Watch next Wednesday's EIA weekly report for whether the pace holds or eases from this low base.
East Coast (PADD 1) distillate inventory
September 3, 2021 to August 21, 2026
Weekly PADD 1 distillate fuel oil stocks, in millions of barrels. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report.
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About this series
Distillate fuel oil, the category covering diesel and heating oil, held in tanks and terminals across PADD 1, the East Coast district. Reported weekly by the U.S. EIA as one of five regional cuts of the national distillate series. The Northeast heats homes with distillate, so PADD 1 stocks are watched hardest going into winter. The NYMEX heating oil contract, ultra-low sulfur diesel today, delivers into New York Harbor, putting this district's balance directly behind the futures price.
Today's reading sits near the bottom of the EIA record going back to 1990. East Coast distillate stocks are lean relative to their own history.
Weekly PADD 1 distillate fuel oil stocks, in millions of barrels. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Updated weekly. View this series at eia.gov ↗
East Coast distillate inventory: common questions
- What is PADD 1?
- PADD 1 is the East Coast district of the Petroleum Administration for Defense Districts, the five regions the EIA uses to report US petroleum statistics. It covers Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia. The district lines were drawn for World War II fuel allocation and remain the standard regional cut of US oil data.
- What does this page track?
- The total volume of distillate fuel oil, covering diesel and heating oil, held in tanks and terminals across PADD 1 (East Coast). It is the EIA's regional cut of the same weekly series the national distillate page tracks, and the five districts sum to the US total.
More questions
- Why do East Coast distillate inventories matter?
- The Northeast heats homes with distillate, so PADD 1 stocks are watched hardest going into winter. The NYMEX heating oil contract, ultra-low sulfur diesel today, delivers into New York Harbor, putting this district's balance directly behind the futures price.
- How often is this figure updated?
- The EIA publishes the figure every week, typically Wednesday around 10:30 a.m. Eastern for the prior Friday's week. This page reads that same EIA series and shows the latest reading with its as-of date.