EIA: Commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 2.1 million barrels from previous week

Below are the key takeaways from the weekly report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

• U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 17.4 million barrels per day during the week ending September 14, 2018.
• Refineries operated at 95.4% of their operable capacity last week.
• Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 10.3 million barrels per day. 
• U.S. crude oil imports averaged 8.0 million barrels per day last week, up by 433,000 barrels per day from the previous week. 
• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 2.1 million barrels from the previous week. 
• Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 21.4 million barrels per day, up by 4.9% from the same period last year.