Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending April 6, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged over 17.0 million barrels per day during the week ending April 6, 2018, 83,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 93.5% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 10.2 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging 5.3 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged 8.7 million barrels per day last week, up by 752,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged over 7.9 million barrels per day, 1.5% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 655,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 125,000 barrels per day last week. […]