Oil reserves in the U.S. on last week rose by 2.9 million barrels - official of EIA data

/IRBIS, April 1, 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 March 26, 2010, increased by 2.9 million barrels to 354.2 million when that gasoline supplies rose by 300.0 thousand barrels to 224.9 million, while distillate stocks fell by 1.1 million barrels to 144.6 million. Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which indicated that during the period, commercial oil reserves in the U.S. increased by 421.0 thousand barrels to 351.9 million, gasoline inventories declined by 946.0 thousand barrels to 223, 2 million, and stocks of distillates - on 1,0 million barrels to 147.5 million. [2010-04-01]