U.S. commercial crude oil inventories increased by 0.3 million barrels from the previous week, well below the expected build of ~1.5 million barrels. Total crude oil stocks of 388.9 million barrels are well above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year. Total commercial petroleum inventories increased by 5.9 million barrels last week.
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[attr style=”width: 25%”]April 5`[attr style=”width: 25%”]March 29`[attr style=”width: 25%”]Change`[attr style=”width: 25%”]% Change
388,900`388,600`+300`+0.1%
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Source: EIA