Signal · Geopolitical Risk

‎US oil inventories add 2.5M barrels: EIA

Argaam - Main News Trade press Published 5th August 2026 Saudi Arabia

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‎<img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/55014fc5-2f6d-416d-84b0-358aa23df612.png" > Oil tanks <hr> US oil inventories increased in the week ended July 31,according to data released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) today, Aug. 5. The results, which came against expectations for a decline of 1.6 million barrels, imply a slowndown in local consumption. However, the drop in the distillates stocks could be due to increased fuel demand during the summer season. <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="5" > US Crude Oil Petroleum Products Inventories (mln barrels) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Item </td> <td > Last Year </td> <td > Last Week </td> <td > Current </td> <td > Weekly Change </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Crude Oil </td> <td > 423.7 </td> <td > 404.5 </td> <td > 407 </td> <td > +2.5 </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Gasoline </td> <td > 227.1 </td> <td > 211.3 </td> <td > 209.7 </td> <td > (1.6) </td> </tr> <tr > <td > Distillates </td> <td > 113 </td> <td > 110.6 </td> <td > 107.2 </td> <td > (3.5) </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Publication: Argaam - Main News · Trade Publication
Published: 5th August 2026
Original report: argaam.com

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Category: Geopolitical Risk
Geography: Saudi Arabia
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 5th August 2026 · 15:43

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Significance 2 · Moderate

Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Moderate (30.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (12.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (47.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Extraction Quality (3.0/15 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity

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