EIA Reports Crude Inventory Draw of 7.3 Million Barrels

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   |    Thursday,February 18,2021

EIA Crude Inventory - Week Ending February 12, 2021

• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 7.3 million barrels from the previous week.

• At 461.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are at the five year average for this time of year.

• U.S. crude oil imports averaged 5.9 million barrels per day last week, up by 41,000 barrels per day from the previous week.

• Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 5.8 million barrels per day, 13.0% less than the same four-week period last year.

Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 0.7 million barrels last week and are about 1% above the five year average for this time of year. Finished gasoline and blending components inventories both increased last week. Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 3.4 million barrels last week and are about 6% above the five year average for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories decreased by 2.9 million barrels last week and are about 9% below the five year average for this time of year. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 15.1 million barrels last week.

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 14.8 million barrels per day during the week ending February 12, 2021 which was 27,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 83.1% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 9.0 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased last week, averaging 4.6 million barrels per day.

Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 670,000 barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 362,000 barrels per day.

Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 19.8 million barrels a day, down by 2.4% from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 8.0 million barrels a day, down by 9.9% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 4.3 million barrels a day over the past four weeks, up by 10.2% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was down 30.5% compared with the same four-week period last year.