U.S. crude stocks for past week fell by 3.1 million barrels - EIA official data

/IRBIS, July 14, 2011/ - Energy Information Administration (EIA) U.S. Department of Energy published a report according to which the oil reserves in the U.S. for the week that ended July 8, 2011, decreased by 3.124 million barrels to 355.456 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 840 thousand barrels to 212.539 million, and distillate stocks - rose by 2.967 million barrels to 145.028 million Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which stated that during this period, commercial U.S. crude stocks rose by 2.341 million barrels to 359.421 million Gasoline inventories fell by 1.577 million barrels to 208.353 million, while distillate stocks - increased by 4.754 million barrels to 145.353 million [2011-07-14]