Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending March 16, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.8 million barrels per day during the week ending March 16, 2018, 410,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 91.7% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production decreased last week, averaging over 9.9 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 4.5 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged about 7.1 million barrels per day last week, down by 508,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged 7.5 million barrels per day, 4.8% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 564,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 122,000 barrels per day last […]