U.S. crude stocks last week fell by 1.3 million barrels - official EIA data

/IRBIS, December 31, 2010/ - Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy published a report that the oil reserves in the U.S. for the week that ended Dec. 24, 2010, decreased by 1.258 million barrels to 339.427 million Gasoline inventories fell by 2.316 million barrels to 214.857 million, while distillate stocks rose by 243 thousand barrels to 160.959 million. Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, where it was stated that during the period, commercial U.S. crude stocks rose by 3.058 million barrels to 345.072 million Gasoline inventories declined by 3.139 million barrels to 216.374 million, while distillate stocks - at 1.383 million barrels to 162.640 million [2010-12-31]