Aug 6, 2025, 17:35 GMT+3RefinitivLess than 1 min read

U.S. crude stocks, gasoline and distillate inventories fell last week, the Energy Information Administration said on Wednesday.

Crude inventories fell by 3 million barrels to 423.7 million barrels in the week ended August 1, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 591,000-barrel draw.

Crude stocks at the Cushing, Oklahoma, delivery hub (USOICC=ECI) rose by 453,000 barrels, the EIA said.

Refinery crude runs (USOICR=ECI) rose by 213,000 barrels per day, the EIA said.

Refinery utilization rates (USOIRU=ECI) rose by 1.5 percentage points in the week.

U.S. gasoline stocks (USOILG=ECI) fell by 1.3 million barrels in the week to 227.1 million barrels, the EIA said, compared with analysts’ expectations in a Reuters poll for a 400,000-barrel draw.​

Distillate stockpiles (USOILD=ECI), which include diesel and heating oil, fell by 565,000 barrels in the week to 113 million barrels, versus expectations for a 775,000-barrel rise, the EIA data showed.

Net U.S. crude imports (USOICI=ECI) fell last week by 794,000 barrels per day, EIA said.
Source: Reuters