EIA: US commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 1.8 mln barrels

Key highlights from the EIA's report's summary of weekly petroleum data for the week ending September 22, 2017:

• U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.2 million barrels per day during the week ending September 22, 2017.
• U.S. crude oil imports averaged over 7.4 million barrels per day last week, up by 59,000 barrels per day from the previous week. 
• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 1.8 million barrels from the previous week. 
• Total commercial petroleum inventories decreased by 5.1 million barrels last week.
• Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.3 million barrels per day, up by 1.3% from the same period last year.