DOE CRUDE STATS | December 14, 2011

December 14, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -1,932k bbl in the week ending December 9, while Cushing stocks built +83k bbl. Distillate inventories increased by +480k bbl and gasoline inventories posted a gain of +3,824k bbl.


DOE CRUDE STATS | December 07, 2011

December 07, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +1,336k bbl in the week ended December 2, while Cushing stocks drew -196k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +2,533k bbl and gasoline inventories posted a massive increase of +5,147k bbl.


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 30, 2011

November 30, 2011

After three weeks of declines totaling -8,645k bbl, U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +3,932k bbl in the week ended November 25, while Cushing stocks drew -715k bbl. Distillate inventories grew by +5,526k bbl and gasoline inventories posted a small increase of +213k bbl.


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 23, 2011

November 23, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -6,219k bbl in the week ended November 18, while Cushing stocks drew -13k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -770k bbl and gasoline inventories posted an increase of +4,475k bbl.


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 17, 2011

November 16, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -1056k bbl in the week ending November 11, while Cushing stocks added +890k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -2136k bbl and gasoline inventories posted an increase of +992k bbl.


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 09, 2011

November 9, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories declined by -1370k bbl in the week ending November 4, while Cushing stocks drew -932k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -6020k bbl and gasoline inventories posted a decrease of -2107k bbl.


DOE CRUDE STATS | November 02, 2011

November 2, 2011

U.S. crude oil inventories rose by +1.83m bbl in the week ending October 28, while Cushing stocks built +560k bbl. Distillate inventories declined by -3.6m bbl and gasoline inventories posted an increase of +1.4m bbl. Crude imports decreased by -419 kb/d.


DOE CRUDE STATS | October 26, 2011

October 26, 2011

October 26, 2011 Cushing stocks built +419k bbl on the week, pulling the price of front-month WTI lower by approximately $1/bbl in the first 15 minutes of trading after the report. The number countered the expectation of a draw in Cushing that had emerged following Monday’s release of satellite-based data, which had contributed to the switch in the WTI futures curve from contango to backwardation.


DOE CRUDE STATS | October 19, 2011

October 19, 2011

October 19, 2011 Crude stocks declined by -4.7m bbl on the week, against the Bloomberg median expectation of +2.0m bbl. Cushing stocks gained for the second consecutive week, adding +0.47m bbl. Gasoline and distillate stocks both posted declines of -3.3m bbl and -4.3m bbl, respectively. Refinery runs dropped by -134 kb/d, led by a decline in PADD III .


DOE CRUDE STATS | October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011

October 13, 2011 Crude stocks increased by +1.34m bbl on the week, above of the Bloomberg median expectation of +0.8m bbl. Cushing stocks ended ten weeks of decline with a build of +0.53m bbl. However, gasoline inventories posted a sharp decline of -4.1m bbl, along with distillates, which decreased by -2.9m bbl. Refinery runs dropped by -563 kb/d, driven by a decline in PADD V.