East Coast distillate inventory ·EIA week ending September 4, 2026
East Coast distillate storage holds 21.7 M bbl as of September 4, 2026, up 12.3% week over week.
The Desk's read
East Coast diesel and heating fuel stocks, the barrels held across the district for delivery into trucks and furnaces, sit at 21.7 MM bbl as of 2026-09-04, the lowest since the 37-year record began. The pile has fallen 13.7% over 30 days, though the trailing four-report pace ranks mid-range for the record, an unremarkable draw against a pile that is already thin rather than a sudden acceleration. We watch next Wednesday's EIA weekly report for whether the level holds or slips further from here.
On the September 4, 2026 figures.
East Coast (PADD 1) distillate inventory
September 17, 2021 to September 4, 2026
Shaded band: the same calendar week's range across the five prior years; dashed line: their average. The record low and high are on the range strip above, not in the band.
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.
Since 2015, today's reading ranks in the 1st percentile. East Coast distillate stocks are lean by modern standards. It is 11.8M bbl below its same-week five-year average. Across the full EIA record back to 1990 it ranks in the 0th percentile; storage capacity, pipelines, and production have shifted enough since then that the modern cohort is the better yardstick for today's operating conditions. It is the lowest reading for this week of the year in the 37-year record.
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.