Oil reserves rose by 1.0 million barrels in the U.S. on last week - official data of EIA

/IRBIS, March 18, 2010/ - Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy published a report that the oil reserves in the U.S. for the week ending at March 12, 2010, increased by 1.0 million barrels to 344.0 million when that gasoline inventories fell by 1.7 million barrels to 227.3 million, while distillate stocks on 1.5 million barrels to 148.1 million. Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which indicated that during the period, commercial oil reserves in the United States increased by 403.0 thousand barrels to 344.0 million gasoline inventories fell by 3.7 million barrels to 226, 1 million, while distillate stocks at 756.0 thousand barrels to 151.1 million. [2010-03-18]