Daily crude oil
Dec WTI
  • Prior was +10176K
  • Gasoline -2371K vs -1097K expected
  • Distillates -3185K vs -1360K expected
  • Refinery utilization +0.4% vs -% expected
  • Implied mogas demand 8.94m vs 8.58m prior
  • Domestic production 13.2 mbpd vs 13.2 mbpd prior

December WTI crude oil was trading up $1.27 to $86.73 ahead of the data. This is bullish and distillate inventories are particularly tight.

Late yesterday, the API reported:

  • Crude -4383K
  • Gasoline -1578K
  • Distillates -612K
  • Cushing -10005K