Weekly inventories from the EIA

  • Oil prior was +4578K
  • Gasoline +3256K vs -279K expected
  • Distillates -396K vs -1007K expected
  • Refinery utilization vs +0.6% expected

The API data released late yesterday showed:

  • Oil +951K
  • Gasoline +3682K
  • Distillates +345K
  • Cushing +345K

This is a mildly bearish report but the initial move in oil has been fractionally higher.

WTI crude oil