-- U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) fell by 0.9 million barrels to 463.8 million barrels in the week ended April 10, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in its Weekly Petroleum Status Report released Wednesday. They are about 1% above the five-year average for this time of year.
Total motor gasoline inventories declined 6.3 million barrels to 232.9 million barrels. Distillate fuel stocks dropped 3.1 million barrels to 111.6 million barrels, the EIA reported.
Crude oil refinery inputs fell 208,000 barrels per day to 16 million barrels per day week over week. Refineries operated at 89.6% of their operable capacity during the week, the EIA said.
Crude imports were down 1 million barrels per day to 5.3 million barrels per day, according to the agency.