Commodities Data

The American Petroleum Institute (API) Weekly Statistical Bulletin

An overview of The American Petroleum Institute (API) Weekly Statistical Bulletin

The Weekly Statistical Bulletin from the API is essential data for anyone involved with US and regional petroleum markets. Each week, it gives buyers, sellers, traders and analysts the first accurate look at cushing supplies.

API represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. It maintains and publishes statistics and data on all aspects of US industry operations. Including supply and demand for various products, imports and exports, drilling activities and costs, and well completions. This data provides timely indicators of industry trends.

Key Facts 

  • Geographical coverage
    USA
  • History
    From 1976
  • Data format
    CSV
    Delimited
    GZIP
    JSON
    Python
    User Interface
    XML
    Zip Archive
  • Delivery mechanism
    API
    Desktop
    Excel
    FTP
    SFTP
  • Data frequency
    Weekly

Features & Benefits

What you get with The American Petroleum Institute (API) Weekly Statistical Bulletin

  • Access the data that drives oil prices - 18 hours before the EIA. API’s WSB gives you a clear view of inventories, imports and production of the five major petroleum products, with a focus on the Cushing storage. Get an insight into the equivalent data published by the EIA on the following day.
  • Accessing this powerful content through Eikon allows you to quickly assess the impact of changes on both capacity and pricing. The API data is sold as an add-on service. Available on a per-user basis as read-only on the Eikon Desktop. This data is not to be further distributed internally or externally.
  • Fully integrated alerts in Eikon, so you can customise on refinery capacity.
  • The data feed subscription to API provides the flexibility to utilise, build and integrate API data into real-time models within Excel or internal applications. With a data feed, models update automatically with the API WSB release as supply changes occur and can immediately assess the impact on capacity and price.

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