Crude inventories decreased by 0.4 million barrels, for the week ending October 8, from the previous week to 360.5 million barrels and were above the upper limit of the average range for that time of year. U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 13.9 million barrels per day during this period, 231 thousand barrels per day below the previous week’s average. U.S. crude oil imports were averaging 8.1 million barrels per day, down by 798 thousand barrels per day from the previous week.
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