Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending February 16, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 15.8 million barrels per day during the week ending February 16, 2018, 329,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 88.1% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 10.1 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased last week, averaging over 4.5 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged over 7.0 million barrels per day last week, down by 867,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 7.8 million barrels per day, 6.6% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 350,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 243,000 barrels per day […]