U.S. crude stocks for the first week increased by 4.2 million barrels - EIA official data

/IRBIS, August 18, 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 August 12, 2011, rose by 4.233 million barrels to 353.983 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 3.510 million barrels to 210.081 million, and distillate stocks - rose by 2.449 million barrels to 153.966 million Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which stated that during this period, commercial U.S. crude stocks rose by 1.745 million barrels to 350.390 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 5.374 million barrels to 205.841 million, while distillate stocks - by 1.293 million barrels to 148.866 million [2011-08-18]