US crude oil inventories, excluding strategic reserves, fell by 8.6 million barrels last week. According to LSEG, the market expected a decline of 0.3 million barrels. The previous week’s reading was -3.2.
Gasoline inventories increased by 3.5 million barrels. The market expected a decline of 0.8 million barrels. The previous week’s reading was 0.4.
Distillate inventories fell by 2.5 million barrels. The market expected a decline of 1.6 million barrels. The previous week’s reading was -0.04.
The statistics are published by the US Department of Energy, DOE.
USv41Consensusv40DOE crude oil inventories, change-8.6-0.3-3.2DOE gasoline inventories, change3.5-0.80.4DOE distillate inventories, change-2.5-1.6-0.04Consensus data from LSEG
