EIA Reports Crude Inventory Increase of 3.6 Million Barrels

• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 3.6 million barrels from the previous week.

• At 439.2 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 6% below the five year average for this time of year.

• U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.4 million barrels per day last week, down by 75,000 barrels per day from the previous week.

• Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.6 million barrels per day, 15.8% more than the same four-week period last year.

Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 845,000 barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 162,000 barrels per day. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 5.3 million barrels last week and are about 3% below the five year average for this time of year. Finished gasoline and blending components inventories both decreased last week.

Distillate fuel inventories increased by 0.8 million barrels last week and are about 6% below the five year average for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories increased by 1.5 million barrels last week and are about 14% below the five year average for this time of year. Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 1.2 million barrels last week.

Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.5 million barrels a day, up by 12.4% from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9.4 million barrels a day, up by 8.8% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.8 million barrels a day over the past four weeks, up by 5.7% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was up 42.9% compared with the same four-week period last year.