U.S. crude oil production hit a record 13.47 million barrels-per-day in April, up from 13.45 million bpd in March, according to data released by the Energy Information Administration as part of its Petroleum Supply Monthly series.
The EIA had previously estimated U.S. oil output at 13.49 million bpd in March. Total U.S. petroleum product supplied, EIA’s measure of demand, rose 263,000 bpd month-over-month to 20.21 million bpd in April, the EIA data showed.
Gasoline demand rose 145,000 bpd to 8.91 million bpd in April, the highest since October, the EIA said.
Meanwhile, demand for distillate fuels, which include diesel and heating oil, edged lower marginally to 3.88 million bpd in April, from 3.89 million bpd in March, EIA data showed.
(Reporting by Shariq Khan in New York,Editing by Franklin Paul)