EIA: Weekly Petroleum Report - Feb 13

[dan_s]

Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending February 8, 2019 (my comments in blue)

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.8 million barrels per day during the week ending February 8, 2019, which was 865,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 85.9% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.6 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased last week, averaging 4.8 million barrels per day. < We are now in the semi-annual "maintenance period" for refiners. They will ramp back up in mid-March to meet the annual surge in demand for transportation fuels that begins in mid-April.

U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.2 million barrels per day last week, down by 936,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 7.2 million barrels per day, 11.2% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 457,000 barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 438,000 barrels per day.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) increased by 3.6 million barrels from the previous week. At 450.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are about 6% above the five year average for this time of year.
> Total motor gasoline inventories increased by 0.4 million barrels last week and are about 4% above the five year average for this time of year. Finished gasoline inventories increased while blending components inventories decreased last week.
> Distillate fuel inventories increased by 1.2 million barrels last week and are about 2% below the five year average for this time of year.
> Propane/propylene inventories increased by 0.7 million barrels last week and are about 11% above the five year average for this time of year.
>> Total commercial petroleum inventories increased last week by 6.5 million barrels last week.

Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.8 million barrels per day, up by 0.6% from the same period last year. Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9.0 million barrels per day, up by 0.7% from the same period last year. Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 4.3 million barrels per day over the past four weeks, up by 6.5% from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was up 1.2% compared with the same four-week period last year.
---------------------------
On the surface this report looks bearish, but this is the time of year when inventories need to build because demand ramps up in the spring.

[dan_s]

Per Tech Geek: "On analysis of the movements of WTI Crude Oil futures, in different time frames, I find the Crude bulls look ready to overlook the inventory with an immediate target at $56.56."
Read: https://www.investing.com/analysis/wti- ... -200387321