EIA: Summary of weekly petroleum data for the week ending March 10, 2017

Key highlights from EIA's weekly report:

• U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 0.2 million barrels from the previous week
• U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper limit of the average range for this time of year
• Total motor gasoline inventories decreased by 3.1 million barrels last week, but are in the upper half of the average range
• U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 15.5 million barrels per day during the week ending March 10, 2017, 20,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average
• Refineries operated at 85.1% of their operable capacity last week
• U.S. crude oil imports averaged 7.4 million barrels per day last week, down by 745,000 barrels per day from the previous week