Commercial oil in the U.S. for last week rose by 3.8 million barrels - forecasts of API

/IRBIS, October 21, 09/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which for the week ending Oct. 16, commercial crude oil reserves in the U.S. rose by 3.8 million barrels to 343.0 million barrels. Inventories of gasoline fell to 558.0 thousand barrels to 209.8 million barrels, distillate stocks also fell by 998.0 thousand barrels to 167.0 million barrels. American Petroleum Institute is national non-governmental organizations engaged in research on all aspects and ensures that activities are management issues in the field of oil and gas industry. Today is scheduled for release official data of State Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy on the weekly change in commercial stocks of crude oil and petroleum products in the country. According to the previous EIA report oil reserves in the U.S. for the week ending Oct.9, rose to 400.0 thousand barrels to 337.8 m. barrels. Gasoline inventories fell by 5.2 million to 209.2 million barrels, distillate stocks also fell by 1.1 million to 170.7 million barrels. [2009-10-21]