U.S. crude stocks for the past week fell by 3.4 million barrels - EIA official data

/IRBIS, January 20, 2012/ - 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 January 13, 2012, decreased by 3.438 million barrels to 331.209 million. Gasoline inventories rose by 3.717 million barrels to 227.520 million, and distillate stocks - by 438 thousand barrels to 148.001 million Earlier, the American Petroleum Institute (API) published its report, which stated that during the period commercial U.S. crude stocks fell by 4.809 million barrels to 330.066 million. Gasoline inventories rose by 4.309 million barrels to 225.296 million, while distillate stocks - decreased by 900 thousand barrels to 145.349 million [2012-01-20]