Commercial crude oil inventories in the United States increased by 15,989 thousand barrels to reach 435,804 thousand barrels, APA-Economics reports.
This was stated in a report published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA) under the U.S. Department of Energy.
According to the information, analysts had previously forecast that U.S. commercial crude oil inventories would increase by 1,800 thousand barrels.
It should be noted that data on U.S. oil inventories significantly affect the price of “black gold” on the global market.