Crude Inventory Data Shows Build of 1 Million Barrels Last Week

(Updated - November 10, 2021 10:32 AM EST)

• Crude Inventory 1M Barrels vs 1.68M Expected
• Cushing -34K
• Gasoline -1.56M vs -1.04M Expected
• Distillate -2.61M vs -2M Expected

Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending November 5, 2021

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.4 million barrels per day during the week ending November 5, 2021 which was 343,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 86.7% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 10.1 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 4.9 million barrels per day.

U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.1 million barrels per day last week, down by 63,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.1 million barrels per day, 14.3% more than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 587,000 barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 278,000 barrels per day. U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 1.0 million barrels from the previous week. At 435.1 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 7% below the five year average for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 1.6 million barrels last week and are about 4% below the five year average for this time of year. Finished gasoline inventories increased while blending components inventories decreased last week. Distillate fuel inventories decreased by 2.6 million barrels last week and are about 6% below the five year average for this time of year. Propane/propylene inventories decreased by 1.3 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 20.2 million barrels a day, up by 6.1% from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9.4 million barrels a day, up by 11.2% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 4.0 million barrels a day over the past four weeks, up by 3.0% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was up 45.2% compared with the same fourweek period last year.

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