Crude oil refinery inputs in U.S. rise earlier week
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday that the crude oil refinery inputs expanded in the week ending on the 7th of August.
The United States crude oil refinery inputs stood at an average of 14.7 million daily barrels in the earlier week, 21,000 b/d higher than the average in the earlier week.
Refineries were working at 81.0 percent of their operable capacity in the earlier week, gasoline output increased in the previous week to set at an average of 9.6 million b/d.
Distillate fuel output declined in the earlier week, to set at an average of 4.8 million daily barrels, the total products supplied in the earlier 4 weeks period stood at an average of 18.5 million b/d, reporting a decline of 14.3 percent compared to the same period a year go.