U.S. crude stocks for the past week increased by 3.9 million barrels - EIA official data

/IRBIS, December 30, 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 23, 2011, rose by 3.899 million barrels to 327.480 million. Gasoline inventories fell by 692 thousand barrels to 217.714 million, and distillate inventories - increased by 1.205 million barrels to 140.354 million Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which stated that during the period under commercial U.S. crude stocks rose by 9.570 million barrels to 339.597 million. Gasoline inventories also increased by 1.859 million barrels to 215.713 million, while distillate reserves - by to 554 thousand barrels to 140.158 million [2011-12-30]