U.S. commercial crude stock for the past week decreased by 3.3 million barrels - API

/IRBIS, August 24, 2011/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which on the week ended August 19, 2011, commercial U.S. crude stocks fell by 3.342 million barrels to 347.048 million. Gasoline inventories rose by 6.365 million barrels to 213.906 million, and distillate stocks - by 1.966 million barrels to 152.832 million. The American Petroleum Institute is a national non-governmental organization dedicated to research all aspects and provides activities to regulate matters in the oil and gas industry. [2011-08-24]