The Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Crude Oil Inventories measures the weekly change in the number of barrels of commercial crude oil held by US firms. The level of inventories influences the price of petroleum products, which can have an impact on inflation. If the increase in crude inventories is more US crude oil inventories rise higher than expectation ANKARA-Anadolu Agency. The U.S.' crude oil inventories increased higher than the market expectation last week, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration on Feb. 5.. Commercial crude oil inventories rose by 3.4 million barrels, or 0.8 percent, to 435 million barrels for the week ending Jan. 31, the EIA data showed. U.S. crude fell by 1.1 million barrels in the week to Dec. 13 to 446.8 million barrels, compared with analysts' expectations in a Reuters poll for a 1.3 million-barrel drop, the Energy Information