Forecasts, EIA & World Oil Data
The data side of the oil market: the EIA's official forecasts and weekly reports, who produces and consumes the world's oil and gas, how large the reserves are, and the trade, refining and weather factors that move supply. 33 pages in 6 sections.
Forecasts
- OutlookThe EIA's official WTI, Brent and natural gas price forecasts, plus what the futures curve and moving averages imply
- Oil Price ForecastEIA projected WTI and Brent annual averages for this year and next
- Gas Price ForecastEIA projected Henry Hub averages plus current storage
Weekly EIA data and summaries
- EIA FundamentalsUS weekly petroleum status: crude, gasoline and distillate stocks, refinery use, imports and exports, gas storage and 5-year ranges
- EIA Report ExplainedThis week's petroleum status numbers and how to read builds/draws
- Daily Oil Market SummaryWTI and Brent closes, EIA crude stocks, US gasoline and the rig count for the last 25 trading days
- Gas StorageCurrent Lower-48 working gas vs the 5-year average, and the Thursday report explained
- Rig CountCurrent Baker Hughes US rig count and what it signals
- Rig MapActive US and Canadian rigs by county and region, rigs by state and basin, and OPEC rig counts by country
World supply and demand
- World ProductionRanked tables of the top 15 oil-producing and oil-consuming countries (EIA annual data)
- OPEC ProductionCrude output by OPEC member (EIA annual data, 11 members as of May 2026 after the UAE's exit)
- Next OPEC+ MeetingConfirmed meeting date, countdown, and a sourced record of recent OPEC+ decisions
- OPEC vs Non-OPECEvery major producer ranked and tagged OPEC/OPEC+/independent, plus how the totals reconcile
- World Oil StatisticsWorld totals for reserves, production and consumption, plus a country table with the reserves-to-production ratio
- World Natural Gas ProductionTop natural gas producers, consumers and exporters by country in bcm (EIA International), with production minus consumption
- World Oil DemandDaily world consumption, EIA supply-demand balance, top consumers
Oil reserves
- Oil ReservesProven crude reserves ranked by country, with sources and caveats
- Reserves by StateUS crude oil proved reserves ranked by state, from EIA's Annual Reserves Report
- Reserves HistoryUS crude oil proved reserves since 1963, the shale-era doubling, and world reclassification events
- Reserves MapInteractive bubble map of proven reserves by country
- Proved vs. ProbableWhat "oil reserves" actually means — the 1P/2P/3P confidence tiers and the reserves-to-production ratio
Strategic and stored oil
- Strategic Oil ReservesEmergency oil stocks by country in million barrels and days of cover, the IEA 90-day rule and the weekly US SPR level
- The US SPRUS SPR level this week from EIA (auto-updated), lowest-since and 52-week change, weekly chart since 1982, capacity, release history
- How Oil Is StoredSalt caverns, rock caverns, tanks and floating storage, with real sites and capacities in the US, Japan, Korea, India, China and Germany
Trade, refining and weather
- US Oil ImportsCurrent weekly import/export flows and why Canada dominates
- Imports by CountryMonthly EIA imports ranked by country of origin, with each source's share, OPEC vs non-OPEC and Persian Gulf shares
- Fuel Exports by CountryWhere US gasoline, diesel and jet fuel exports go, monthly EIA data by destination
- Compare CountriesInteractive tool — pick any two countries and compare reserves, production, consumption and R/P side by side
- RefineriesHow refining works + world's largest plants + live US utilization
- Refining Capacity by StateOperable crude distillation capacity by state and PADD, refinery counts and 10-year change (EIA annual)
- Hurricane SeasonGulf of Mexico production and refinery exposure, plus the shut-in record from Katrina to Ida
- Winter Weather & Oil PricesHow freeze-offs shut in US wells, from Winter Storm Uri in 2021 to the 2024 Bakken freeze, with live Texas and North Dakota output
- CO2 Enhanced Oil RecoveryHow CO2-EOR works, how much US oil it produces, and the 45Q tax credit
More Categories
- Oil & Gas MarketsEverything on prices and trading in one place: the live dashboard and each commodity, the benchmark grades and spreads, energy stocks, and plain-English guides to how the futures market works.
- US Production, Basins & CompaniesWhere US oil and gas comes from: output by state, each shale and offshore basin with its rigs and operators, and the companies and royalty owners behind it.
- Fuel Prices, Home Energy & CalculatorsWhat energy costs at the pump and at home: weekly gasoline and diesel prices, state pages, heating fuels and electricity, plus calculators to turn the prices into trip, bill and fleet costs.
- History & ReferenceThe background to the numbers: price history back to 1990, the crises that moved the market, how the industry works, the geopolitics around oil, and plain-English explainers.
- Oil CountriesCountry-by-country oil profiles with production, reserves, trade and the national oil company. For rankings across countries see world production, reserves and the country comparison tool.
- Energy ToolsUnit converter, crack-spread, futures, yield, break-even, gas-tax, decline-curve and tank calculators.
- Site mapEvery page on the site in one list.