Thursday, September 29, 2016
Starting with the Aug. 31 release of its Weekly Petroleum Status Report (WPSR), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) began publishing weekly petroleum export and consumption estimates. The estimates are based on near-real-time export data provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. EIA previously relied on weekly export estimates based on monthly official export data published by the U.S. Census Bureau roughly six weeks following the end of each reporting month.