EIA: US crude oil inventories up by 3.8M barrels

 United States crude oil stockpiles, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), increased by 3.8 million barrels in the week ending March 6, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed in its report on Wednesday.

The country's crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.2 million barrels per day, up 328,000 barrels per day from the week prior. Refineries operated at 90.8% of their capacity, while gasoline production expanded to an average of 9.9 million barrels per day.

Imports of crude oil into the US averaged 6.4 million barrels per day, 98,000 barrels per day more compared to the previous week. Total commercial petroleum inventories dropped by 2 million barrels.

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