Valves and pipes of Austrian oil and gas group OMV's new gas production in Wittau gas field near Glinzendorf, Austria, May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger

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IEA Chief Warns Commercial Oil Inventories Are Falling Very Fast

Updated 2 days ago
Bloomberg
Reuters
2 articles•2 sources
Summary

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol warned that the tally of commercial oil inventories is shrinking at an accelerated pace. This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources.

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This cluster currently includes 2 articles from 2 sources. Sources in this event include Reuters, Bloomberg.

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Bloomberg

Bloomberg

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Factual: mostly-factual · Credibility: high

Reuters

Reuters

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Factual: very-high · Credibility: high

Original reporting (2)
IEA Chief Warns Commercial Oil Inventories Are Falling Very Fast
Bloomberg
Bloomberg
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5/18/2026

IEA Chief Warns Commercial Oil Inventories Are Falling Very Fast

International Energy Agency Executive Director Fatih Birol warned that the tally of commercial oil inventories is shrinking at an accelerated pace.

Valves and pipes of Austrian oil and gas group OMV's new gas production in Wittau gas field near Glinzendorf, Austria, May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Reuters
Reuters
Balanced
5/18/2026

IEA chief warns commercial oil inventories are depleting rapidly, only weeks left

Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, said the release of strategic oil reserves ​had added 2.5 million barrels of oil per day to the market but these reserves "are not endless".