Oil Price - April 16

dan_s · Post by **dan_s** » Tue Apr 16, 2019 5:54 pm

WTI moved over $64/bbl

After the markets closed: The American Petroleum Institute reported late Tuesday that U.S. crude supplies fell by 3.1 million barrels for the week ended April 12, according to sources. The API also reportedly showed a stockpile decline of 3.6 million barrels for gasoline, but distillate stockpiles climbed by 1.3 million barrels. Inventory data from the Energy Information Administration will be released Wednesday. The EIA data are expected to show crude supplies rose by 1.8 million barrels last week, according to a survey of analysts conducted by S&P Global Platts. It also forecast inventory declines of 2.5 million barrels for gasoline and 1.6 million barrels for distillates.