Crude inventories builds, diesel remain low

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S. commercial crude inventories posted a 3-million-barrel build last week, according to the DOE, bringing total stocks to 426.

7 million barrels – now 6% below the five-year seasonal average.

The official figure came in above Tuesday’s API estimate of a 1.

5-million-barrel increase.

Gasoline inventories fell by 0.

8 million barrels, bringing levels roughly in line with the.