‎US crude oil inventories inch higher, gasoline down

‎<p><img src="https://argaamplus.s3.amazonaws.com/2a6c5bd6-3937-496f-a71d-94de4b7b0397.png" ></p> <p class="ckeCaption" >Oil tanks</p> <hr> <p >US commercial oil inventories rose slightly during the week ending August 21, according to data released Wednesday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), while derivatives stockpiles moved down.</p> <p ></p> <p >This is the fourth successive rise in the US crude stockpile. However, it is below the US Petroleum Institute's estimates of a rise by 4.2 million barrels.</p> <p ></p> <p ><strong>What does this mean?</strong>The continued rise in crude inventories reflects potential weak consumption. However, this is balanced by the decline in derivatives with regard to overall demand for energy.</p> <p ></p> <table align="center" border="1" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody> <tr > <td colspan="5" > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >US Crude Derivatives Inventories (mln barrels)</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Item</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Last Year</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Last Week</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Current</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><strong><span ><span ><span >Weekly Change</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Crude Oil</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >418.3</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >428.8</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >428.9</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >+0.1</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Gasoline</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >222.3</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >209.4</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >206.8</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >(2.5)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr > <td > <p ><strong><span ><span ><span >Distillates</span></span></span></strong></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >114.2</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >105.6</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >103.4</span></span></span></p> </td> <td > <p align="center" ><span ><span ><span >(2.2)</span></span></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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