U.S. commercial crude stocks for the past week increased by 5.1 million barrels - API

/IRBIS, August 31, 2011/ - The American Petroleum Institute (API) published a report according to which the week ended August 26, 2011, commercial U.S. crude stocks rose by 5.128 million barrels to 352.176 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 3.108 million barrels to 210.798 million, and stocks of distillates - grew by 276 thousand barrels to 153.108 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. [2011-08-31]