Commercial oil in the U.S. on last week fell by 63.0 thousand barrels - API

/IRBIS, February 18, 2010/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which for the week ending February 12, 2010, commercial oil reserves in the U.S. declined by 63.0 thousand barrels. Gasoline inventories rose 1.4 million barrels, while distillate stocks - by 1.3 million 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. A recent report EIA petroleum stocks in the U.S. for the week ending 05 February 2010, rose by 2.3 million barrels to 331.4 million. Besides of this gasoline inventories also rose by 2.3 million barrels to 230.4 million and distillate stocks declined by 300.0 thousand barrels to 156.2 million. [2010-02-18]