Signal · Geopolitical Risk
US oil inventories rise 3M barrels last week
What the source reported
Source-reported<p ><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/95d3f752-5258-4ca8-a6c5-0c99970c4ed0.png" ></p> <hr> <p >US commercial oil inventories rose during the week ending Sept. 18, according to data released Wednesday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).</p> <p ></p> <p >The rise in crude inventories came following a decline for three successive weeks. It came contrary to expectations of a fall by 500,000 barrels.<br> </p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="5" > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >US Crude Derivatives Inventories (mln barrels)</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Item</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Last Year</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Last Week</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Current</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Weekly Change</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Crude Oil</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >414.8</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >423.4</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >426.4</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >+3.0</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Gasoline</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >216.6</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >207.7</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >206.0</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >(1.7)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Distillates</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >123.0</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >107.9</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >107.4</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >(0.4)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <div ></div>
- Publication
- Argaam - Main News · Trade Publication
- Published
- 23rd September 2026
- Original report
- argaam.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Geopolitical Risk
- Geography
- Saudi Arabia
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 23rd September 2026 · 20:46
Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.
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Initial Significance Moderate (22.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (31.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
- Strongest contributor
- Procurement Impact
- Limiting factor
- Likely Event Severity