U.S. commercial crude stock for the past week decreased by 5.2 million barrels - API

/IRBIS, July 20, 2011/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which the week ended July 15, 2011, commercial U.S. crude stocks fell by 5.179 million barrels to 354.242 million. Gasoline inventories rose by 1.957 million barrels to 210.310 million, and distillates - by 1.070 million barrels to 146.423 million. The American Petroleum Institute is a national non-governmental organization dedicated to research all aspects and providing activities to regulate matters in the oil and gas industry. Today publication of a report Energy Information Administration (EIA) under U.S. Department of Energy is expected. According to the previous report, U.S. crude stocks for the week ending July 8, 2011, decreased by 3.124 million barrels to 355.456 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 840 thousand barrels to 212.539 million, while distillate inventories - increased by 2.967 million barrels to 145.028 million [2011-07-20]