US crude oil inventories for the week ended Apr. 11, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased by 500,000 bbl from the previous week, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration.
At 442.9 million bbl, US crude oil inventories are about 6% below the 5-year average for this time of year, the EIA report indicated.
EIA said total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 2.0 million bbl from last week and are about 1% below the 5-year average for this time of year. Finished gasoline inventories increased while blending components inventories decreased last week. Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 1.9 million bbl last week and are about 11% below the 5-year average for this time of year.
Propane-propylene inventories decreased by 1.3 million bbl from last week and are 9% below the 5-year average for this time of year, EIA said.
US crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.6 million b/d for the week ended Apr. 11, which was 64,000 b/d less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 86.3% of capacity.
Gasoline production increased, averaging 9.4 million b/d. Distillate fuel production increased, averaging 4.7 million b/d.
US crude oil imports averaged 6.0 million b/d, down by 189,000 b/d from the previous week. Over the last 4 weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.2 million b/d, 5.2% less than the same 4-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports averaged 531,000 b/d. Distillate fuel imports averaged 102,000 b/d.
