According to our analysis crude oil moved 44 ticks on DOE Petroleum Status Report data on 18 January 2024.

Light sweet crude oil (23 ticks)

Brent crude oil (21 ticks)

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The Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending January 12, 2024, presents several key insights into the U.S. petroleum industry:

1. Refinery Inputs and Capacity: U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.7 million barrels per day, an increase of 135 thousand barrels per day from the previous week. Refineries operated at 92.6% of their operable capacity.

2. Production Changes:

   • Gasoline Production: Decreased, averaging 9.4 million barrels per day.

   • Distillate Fuel Production: Also decreased, averaging 4.9 million barrels per day.

3. Crude Oil Imports: Averaged 7.4 million barrels per day, up by 1.2 million barrels from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, the average was 6.7 million barrels per day, 6.6% higher than the same period last year.

4. Gasoline and Distillate Fuel Imports:

   • Gasoline imports averaged 549 thousand barrels per day.

   • Distillate fuel imports averaged 115 thousand barrels per day.

5. Crude Oil Inventories:

   • Decreased by 2.5 million barrels from the previous week.

   • At 429.9 million barrels, they are around 3% below the five-year average for this time of year.

6. Gasoline and Distillate Inventories:

   • Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 3.1 million barrels, slightly above the five-year average.

   • Distillate fuel inventories increased by 2.4 million barrels, about 3% below the five-year average.

   • Propane/propylene inventories decreased by 2.8 million barrels, 13% above the five-year average.

7. Total Commercial Petroleum Inventories: Increased by 2.8 million barrels last week.

8. Total Products Supplied: Over the last four weeks, it averaged 20.0 million barrels per day, a 1.3% increase from the same period last year. Notably:

   • Motor gasoline product supplied averaged 8.4 million barrels per day, up by 3.9%.

   • Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 3.4 million barrels per day, down by 5.6%.

   • Jet fuel product supplied was up 6.2%.

This report indicates a mixed dynamic in the U.S. petroleum market with changes in production, imports, and inventory levels.

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

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