The crude oil adjustment… EIA

The EIA explains its balancing factor which shows up in its weekly estimates of petroleum supply and disposition, here…  The market seems to ignore this…

“In recent weeks, the crude oil adjustment has been growing in absolute value, as high as 881,000 barrels for the week ending May 24. However, this is still relatively small, when compared with the entire U.S. crude oil balance, less than 2.5% on a rolling four-week average basis (the sum of production, imports, exports, and refinery inputs) (Figure 1). Although an increased adjustment is, in some part, the result of the inherent challenge of estimating perfectly each reporting period, increasing volumes of U.S. crude oil production and exports and other factors may also play a role. EIA will continue to evaluate crude oil data to identify possible sources of the higher crude oil adjustment.”