U.S. crude stocks for the past week decreased by 10.6 million barrels - EIA official data

/IRBIS, December 22, 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 ended December 16, 2011, declined by 10.570 million barrels to 323.581 million. Gasoline inventories also fell by 412 thousand barrels to 218.406 million and distillate inventories - by 2.353 million barrels to 139.149 million Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which stated that during the period under commercial U.S. crude stocks fell by 4.574 million barrels to 330.027 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 394 thousand barrels to 213.854 million, while distillate stocks - by 2.779 million barrels to 139.604 million [2011-12-22]