United States. The Department of Energy announced that last week, the last week of September and the first of October, the reserves of gasoline and distillate products increased, while those of crude oil decreased, after two weeks of increase.Oil stocks fell by 1.0 million barrels to 337.4 mb, even though analysts had expected them to increase by 1.7 million barrels.
Gasoline reserves, which had fallen, rose by 2.9 mb to 214.4 mb, and those of products such as heating oil and diesel increased by 700,000 barrels to 171.8 mb, when analysts believed that the increase would be 400,000 barrels. These reserves are followed with increasing attention as winter approaches in North America, during which heating oil consumption grows significantly.
Source: El Mercurio (Chile)
