Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending March 2, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 15.9 million barrels per day during the week ending March 2, 2018, 53,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 88.0% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 9.9 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 4.6 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged 8.0 million barrels per day last week, up by 721,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 7.5 million barrels per day, 4.2% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 608,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 265,000 barrels per day last week. […]