U.S. crude stocks last week rose 4.8 million barrels - official EIA data

/IRBIS, January 27, 2011/ - 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 Jan. 21, 2011, increased by 4.836 million barrels to 340.565 million Gasoline inventories rose by 2.404 million barrels to 230.074 million, while distillate stocks fell by 140 thousand barrels to 165.657 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 2.120 million barrels to 342.767 million Gasoline inventories rose by 1.720 million barrels to 232.611 million, while distillate stocks decreased by 5.022 million barrels to 162.415 million. [2011-01-27]