| Economic Event | Crude Inventories |
| Units | Change in millions of barrels from the previous week |
| Current Period | 5/11/2012 |
| Release Date | May. 16. 12 |
| Reported | 2.1 |
| Consensus for Current Period | |
| Number of Forecasts | |
| Economic Surprise | |
| Prior Period | 5/4/2012 |
| Reported Value for Prior Period | 3.7 |
| Revised From | |
| Next Release Date | May. 23. 12 |
| Next Release Time | 10:30 AM Eastern Time |
| Source | http://ir.eia.gov/wpsr/wpsrsummary.pdf |
| Note | |
| Description | Is the measure of the US crude oil inventories measured by millions of barrels. |