{"id":57367,"date":"2026-07-22T03:21:56","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:21:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/uncategorized\/api-reports-us-crude-inventories-rise-2-603m-barrels-defying-expectations-for-a-1-5m-draw\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T03:21:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T03:21:56","slug":"api-reports-us-crude-inventories-rise-2-603m-barrels-defying-expectations-for-a-1-5m-draw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/live-updates\/api-reports-us-crude-inventories-rise-2-603m-barrels-defying-expectations-for-a-1-5m-draw\/","title":{"rendered":"API reports US crude inventories rise 2.603m barrels, defying expectations for a 1.5m draw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US crude oil inventories rose by 2.603m barrels in the week to 17 July, according to the American Petroleum Institute. The build contrasted with market expectations for a 1.5m-barrel draw, reversing the anticipated direction of stock movement.<\/p>\n<h3>Surprise Inventory Build<\/h3>\n<p>The data point implies a 4.103m-barrel gap versus the forecast.<\/p>\n<h3>Market Implications<\/h3>\n<p>API\u2019s weekly estimate is often used as an early indicator ahead of official government figures, and it can influence near-term pricing and positioning in the oil market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Start trading now \u2014 click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/trade-now\/>here<\/a> to create your real VT Markets account.<\/b>\n\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>API reported US crude inventories rose 2.603 million barrels, defying 1.5 million draw expectations, impacting near-term pricing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":56051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-live-updates"],"acf":{"acf_article_selection_author":null},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vtmarkets.com\/en-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}