EIA: U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 0.9 million barrels from the previous week

Key highlights from the EIA's report's summary of weekly petroleum data for the week ending April 28, 2017:

• U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 17.2 million barrels per day during the week ending April 28, 2017, 108,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average
• U.S. crude oil imports averaged about 8.3 million barrels per day last week, down by 648,000 barrels per day from the previous week
• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 0.9 million barrels from the previous week. At 527.8 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are near the upper limit of the average range for this time of year
• Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 19.6 million barrels per day, down by 2.4% from the same period last year.