Signal · Geopolitical Risk
US oil inventories rose by more than 17 million barrels in a week
What the source reported
Source-reported<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/2a6c5bd6-3937-496f-a71d-94de4b7b0397.png" ></p> <p class="ckeCaption" >Oil tanks</p> <hr> <p >US oil inventories rose during the week ending August 7, according to data released Wednesday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), contrary to expectations that they would fall by 600,000 barrels.</p> <p ></p> <p><strong>Crude Oil Refined Product Inventories in US (barrels mln)</strong></p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td > <p><strong><span >Item</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span >Last Year</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span >Last Week</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span >Current</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span >Weekly Change</span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p><strong><span >Crude Oil</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >426.7</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >407.0</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >424.4</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span >+17.4</span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p><strong><span >Gasoline</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >226.3</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >209.7</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >208.7</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >(1.0)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p><strong><span >Distillates</span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >113.7</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >107.2</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span ><span >107.1</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span dir="RTL"><span >--</span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>
- Publication
- Argaam - Main News · Trade Publication
- Published
- 12th August 2026
- Original report
- argaam.com
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What ProcIntel recorded
ProcIntel-derived- Category
- Geopolitical Risk
- Geography
- Saudi Arabia
- Organisations
- None identified
- Collected
- 12th August 2026 · 19:52
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 (24.0/100). Strongest contributor: Impact-Scale Specificity (7.0/10 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (37.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).
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- Impact-Scale Specificity
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- Likely Event Severity