# API: Crude, Product Inventories Continue to Draw

- Source: OilPrice.com
- Published: 2026-10-20T20:56:00+00:00
- Category: Markets
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The American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated that crude oil inventories in the United States fell by 4.93 million barrels in the week ending October 16. In the week prior, US crude oil inventories fell by a staggering 11.12 million barrels. Commercial crude oil inventories excluding the SPR have lost more than 56 million barrels over the last 27 weeks, but US crude inventories are still only 5

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