According to our analysis crude oil moved 50 ticks on DOE Petroleum Status Report data on 28 December 2023.

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The summary of the Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending December 22, 2023, presents several key points regarding the United States' petroleum industry:

  1. Crude Oil Refinery Inputs and Capacity:

    • U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day, an increase of 109 thousand barrels per day compared to the previous week.

    • Refineries operated at 93.3% of their operable capacity.

  2. Production of Gasoline and Distillate Fuel:

    • Gasoline production increased, averaging 10.0 million barrels per day.

    • Distillate fuel production also increased, averaging 5.1 million barrels per day.

  3. Crude Oil and Petroleum Product Imports:

    • U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.3 million barrels per day, a decrease of 415 thousand barrels per day from the previous week.

    • Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.7 million barrels per day, 8.2% higher than the same period last year.

    • Motor gasoline imports averaged 521 thousand barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 238 thousand barrels per day.

  4. Inventory Levels:

    • U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 6.9 million barrels from the previous week.

    • At 436.6 million barrels, inventories are approximately 1% below the five-year average for this time of year.

    • Motor gasoline inventories decreased by 0.6 million barrels and are around 2% below the five-year average.

    • Distillate fuel inventories increased by 0.8 million barrels but are about 9% below the five-year average.

    • Propane/propylene inventories decreased by 3.7 million barrels, yet they are 13% above the five-year average.

    • Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 17.3 million barrels.

  5. Product Supply and Demand:

    • Total products supplied over the last four weeks averaged 20.7 million barrels a day, down by 0.5% from the same period last year.

    • Motor gasoline product supplied averaged 8.8 million barrels a day, up by 1.6% from the same period last year.

    • Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.8 million barrels a day, up by 0.8% from last year.

    • Jet fuel product supplied increased

Source: https://ir.eia.gov/wpsr/wpsrsummary.pdf

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