U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 3.6 million barrels - EIA

Key highlights from the EIA's report's summary of weekly petroleum data for the week ending April 21, 2017:

• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 3.6 million barrels from the previous week.
• At 528.7 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are near the upper limit of the average range for this time of year
• U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 17.3 million barrels per day during the week ending April 21, 2017
• Refineries operated at 94.1% of their operable capacity last week
• Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging over 9.7 million barrels per day
• Distillate fuel production decreased last week, averaging about 5.1 million barrels per day
• U.S. crude oil imports averaged over 8.9 million barrels per day last week, up by 1.1 million barrels per day from the previous week