(EIA) US commercial crude oil inventories rose by 3.63 million barrels for the week that ended July 30, a higher than expected drop of 2.94 million barrels.
Distillate fuel inventories rose by 0.8 million barrels, a more than expected drop of 0.75 million barrels.
Gasoline inventories fell by 5.3 million barrels, higher than the anticipated decline of 1.36 million barrels.
Crude oil refinery inputs hit an average of 15.9 million barrels per day in the week that ended July 30, 46,000 barrels per day more than the previous week.
In the last four weeks, total products supplied averaged 20.5 million barrels a day, up 12.4% from the same period last year.Oil futures react to the news.
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