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Louisiana Light • 4 days | 84.36 | +1.19 | +1.43% | ||
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 83.31 | -0.15 | -0.18% | ||
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Opec Basket • 5 days | 83.30 | +0.35 | +0.42% | ||
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Mars US • 200 days | 77.26 | -1.51 | -1.92% | ||
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Gasoline • 12 mins | 2.522 | -0.018 | -0.72% |
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Bonny Light • 1 day | 83.31 | -0.15 | -0.18% | ||
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Girassol • 1 day | 84.96 | +0.12 | +0.14% | ||
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Opec Basket • 5 days | 83.30 | +0.35 | +0.42% |
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Peace Sour • 4 hours | 72.50 | -0.28 | -0.38% | ||
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Light Sour Blend • 4 hours | 75.55 | -0.28 | -0.37% | ||
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Syncrude Sweet Premium • 4 hours | 82.50 | -0.28 | -0.34% | ||
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Central Alberta • 4 hours | 72.90 | -0.28 | -0.38% |
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Eagle Ford • 4 days | 76.54 | +0.83 | +1.10% | ||
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Oklahoma Sweet • 4 days | 76.50 | +0.75 | +0.99% | ||
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Kansas Common • 5 days | 69.50 | +0.50 | +0.72% | ||
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Buena Vista • 5 days | 83.86 | +0.60 | +0.72% |
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Unexpected Crude Inventory Build Weighs on Oil
Crude oil inventories in the United States rose this week by 4.906 million barrels for the week ending April 26, according to The American Petroleum Institute (API).
For the week prior, the API reported a 3.23 million barrel draw in crude inventories.
On Tuesday, the Department of Energy (DoE) reported that crude oil inventories in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) rose by 0.6 million barrels as of April 26. Inventories are now at 366.3 million barrels—the highest point since last April.
Oil prices were trading down ahead of the API data release on Tuesday on disappointing economic data as traders lose hope that the Fed will lower interest rates anytime soon. This sticky inflation means that hopes of lower interest rates triggering economic growth—and a subsequent rise in oil demand—are waning.
At 3:52 pm ET, Brent crude continued Monday’s slide, trading down another 0.61 on the day at $87.86, $0.55 per barrel lower than this time last week. The U.S. benchmark WTI was also trading down on the day by 1.22% at $81.62—down roughly $1.70 per barrel from this time last week.
Gasoline inventories fell this week by 1.48 million barrels, on top of last week’s 595,000 barrel drop in the week prior. As of last week, gasoline inventories were about 4% below the five-year average for this time of year, according to the latest EIA data.
Distillate inventories also fell this week, by 2.187 million barrels, on top of last week’s 724,000-barrel dropoff. Distillates were 7% below the five-year average for the week ending April 19, the latest EIA data shows.
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Cushing inventories saw a build this week, according to API data, gaining 1.479 million barrels after falling by 898,000 barrels in the previous week.
By Julianne Geiger for Oilprice.com
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