U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 9,014 thousand barrels to 419,815 thousand barrels, APA-Economics reports.
This was stated in a report published by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) under the Department of Energy.
According to the information, analysts had previously forecast an increase of 1,700 thousand barrels in U.S. commercial crude oil inventories.
It should be noted that data on U.S. oil inventories significantly affects the price of “black gold” on the global market.