Commercial oil in the U.S. for last week fell by 3.1 million barrels - API

/IRBIS, February 24, 2010/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which for the week ending February 19, 2010, commercial oil reserves in the U.S. fell by 3.1 million barrels. Gasoline inventories rose 1.7 million barrels, while distillate stocks - fell to 834.0 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. A recent report EIA petroleum stocks in the U.S. for the week ending February 12, 2010, increased by 3.1 million barrels to 334.5 million. This gasoline inventories also rose by 1.7 million barrels to 232.1 million and distillate stocks fell by 2.9 million barrels to 153.3 million. [2010-02-24]