Commercial stocks of petroleum in the U.S. last week declined to 741.0 thousand barrels - API

/IRBIS April 21, 2010/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which for the week ending April 16, 2010, commercial oil reserves in the U.S. declined by 741.0 thousand barrels to 354.067 million, gasoline inventories also fell by 1.743 million barrels to 220.071 million, while distillate stocks - at 3.103 million barrels to 146.880 million American Petroleum Institute - a national non-governmental organization dedicated to research all aspects and ensure that activities on management issues in the field of oil and gas industry. Today is expected to announce the official data of State Energy Information Administration (EIA) of U.S.A. Department of Energy on weekly change in commercial stocks of crude oil and petroleum products in the country. According to a recent report by EIA oil reserves in the U.S. for the week ended April 9, 2010, declined by 2.2 million barrels to 354.0 million. This motor gasoline inventories also fell by 1.1 million barrels to 221.3 million and stocks of distillates rose by 1.1 million barrels to 146.8 million [2010-04-21]