Crude inventories are expected today at 10:30 AM EST. For the week ending December 17, U.S. commercial crude oil inventories had decreased by 5.3 million barrels from the previous week to 340.7 million barrels and were above the upper limit of the average range for that time of year. U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 14.9 million barrels per day during this period, 48 thousand barrels per day below the previous week’s average. U.S. crude oil imports were averaging 8.7 million barrels per day, up by 1.1 million barrels per day from the previous week.
 
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