US Total Crude Oil Stocks Rise in Week Ended Sept. 25

10:49 AM EDT, 09/30/2026 (MT Newswires) -- US crude oil stocks, including those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, rose by 100,000 barrels in the week ended Sept. 25 following an increase of 2.6 million barrels in the previous week. Excluding inventories in the SPR, commercial crude oil stocks rose by 900,000 barrels after a 3.0-million-barrel decline in the previous week, compared with a 710,000-barrel decrease expected in a survey compiled by Bloomberg as of 7:40 am ET. Stocks in the SPR fell by 800,000 in the week after falling by 400,000 in the previous week. Overall crude oil stocks were roughly unchanged from the previous week but were down 13.6% from a year earlier. Crude oil inventories are about 2% above the five-year average for this time of the year. Gasoline stocks decreased by 1.7 million barrels, compared with the 1-million-barrel decrease expected. Gasoline stocks were down 0.8% from the previous week, and down 7.4% from a year earlier. Distillate stocks declined by 2.3 million barrels in the current week, compared with an expected increase of 75,000 barrels. Distillate stocks were down 2.1% from the previous week and were 14.9% lower than in the same week a year ago. Refineries operated at 92.5% of their capacity, below the 94.0% rate in the previous week.