Commercial oil reserves in the US increased by 8,664 thousand barrels and amounted to 423,790 thousand barrels, this was stated in a report published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) under the US Department of Energy, APA-Economics reports.
According to the information, analysts previously predicted that US commercial oil reserves would increase by 2,400 thousand barrels.
It should be noted that information on US oil reserves significantly affects the price of "black gold" on the world market.