The US Energy Information Administration has delayed its monthly report on domestic petroleum supply, the agency’s main gauge of US crude oil production, imports, exports, and inventories, citing what it called an operational issue with its data systems.
The Petroleum Supply Monthly report covering June 2026 data was due August 31. The EIA now says it will publish the report sometime in September, “once we validate the data,” without giving a specific date.
The Strategic Petroleum Reserve is at its lowest level in 44 years, and a renewed round of fighting between the US and Iran has kept oil markets unsettled for months, disrupting shipping through the Strait of Hormuz and pushing Washington to draw down its own emergency stockpile to manage price swings.
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The missing report is also the government’s most detailed source on domestic production itself, broken down by state and region, not just imports or reserve levels. EIA’s Weekly Petroleum Status Report is still publishing on schedule, so the gap isn’t total, but the fuller monthly picture of how much oil American producers are actually pulling out of the ground won’t be available until the delayed report arrives.
While EIA cited a technical glitch as the reason for the delay, the agency has also lost an estimated 30% to 40% of its staff since President Trump’s second term began, through voluntary buyouts, probationary-period terminations, return-to-office requirements, and a government-wide hiring freeze that has kept it from replacing departures.
The agency’s annual uranium marketing report, typically out each June, didn’t come out until September last year, and its long-term International Energy Outlook, normally released every October, slipped to as late as January 2026. A monthly report tracking solar panel shipments hasn’t come out in months, and the agency has proposed canceling it outright.
An independent statistical watchdog rates the agency’s resources as “weak,” pointing to the staffing losses alongside a pattern of “report delays, omissions, and suspensions.”
