Oil inventories and production due at the bottom of the hour

Weekly US energy inventories are due at the bottom of the hour with crude oil inventories expected to contract.

Here's the consensus:

  • Oil -3500K

  • Gasoline +2250K

  • Distillates +1850K

  • Prior production 11.2 mbpd

However I wouldn't put much stock into those estimates after yesterday's API data:

  • Crude -10180K

  • Gasoline -2484K

  • Distillates +712K

WTI crude is trading up $0.46 to $52.11 after touching as high as $52.88.