Crude inventories decreased by 0.8 million barrels, for the week ending August 13, from the previous week to 354.2 million barrels and were above the upper limit of the average range for that time of year. U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.2 million barrels per day during this period, 172 thousand barrels per day above the previous week’s average. U.S. crude oil imports were averaging 9.6 million barrels per day, up by 120 thousand barrels per day from the previous week.
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