(EIA) The US recorded 427.0 million barrels of crude inventories in the week that ended October 8, up by 6.1 million barrels from the previous week. The inventories are now about 6% below its five-year average.
Average crude oil refinery inputs were 15.1 million bpd, a decline of 0.7 million bpd from the previous week. Refineries had an operating capacity of 86.7%.
The overall imports of crude oil by the US averaged 6.0 million bpd, a decline of 1.0 million bpd from the previous week. The imports over a four-week period averaged 6.5 million bpd, up 22.2% from the prior year.
About 20.7 million bpd of total crude products were supplied over the last four weeks, up by 12.5% from the prior year.
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