Commercial oil in the U.S. for last week fell by 3.9 million barrels - forecasts of API

/IRBIS, October 28, 09/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which for the week ending on Oct. 23, commercial crude oil reserves in the U.S. fell by 3.9 million barrels to 341.2 million barrels. Gasoline inventories also fell to 255.0 thousand barrels to 209.6 m. barrels, while distillate stocks - at 671.0 thousand barrels. American Petroleum Institute is national non-governmental organization 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 United States rose for the week ending Oct. 16, at 1.3 million barrels to 339.1 million barrels, gasoline inventories fell 2.3 million barrels to 206.9 m. barrels, stocks Distillates also decreased by 800 thousand barrels to 169.9 million barrels. [2009-10-28]