U.S. crude stocks for the past week decreased by 3.7 million barrels - EIA official data

/IRBIS, July 21, 2011/ - Energy Information Administration (EIA) under U.S. Department of Energy published a report according to which the oil reserves in the U.S. for the week that ended July 15, 2011, decreased by 3.727 million barrels to 351.729 million. Gasoline inventories rose by 752 thousand barrels to 212.456 million, and distillate inventories - by 3.432 million barrels to 148.460 million Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which stated that during this period, 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, while distillate stocks - by 1.070 million barrels to 146.423 million [2011-07-21]