Commercial U.S. crude stocks last week rose 2.3 million barrels - API

/IRBIS, October 20, 2010/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which for the week ended Oct. 15, 2010, commercial U.S. crude stocks rose by 2.315 million barrels to 364.817 million Gasoline stocks fell by 83 thousand barrels to 224.746 million, while distillate stocks - by 854 thousand barrels to 165.315 million. American Petroleum Institute - a national non-governmental organization dedicated to research all aspects of operations and provides management issues in the oil and gas industry. Today is expected to publish a report Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy. According to the previous report, U.S. crude stocks for the week ended Oct. 8, 2010, decreased by 416 thousand barrels to 360.532 million Gasoline inventories declined by 1.769 million barrels to 218.174 million, while distillate stocks - by 255 thousand barrels to 172.210 million. [2010-10-20]