Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending April 27, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.6 million barrels per day during the week ending April 27, 2018, 60,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 91.1% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging over 10.0 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production remained virtually unchanged last week, averaging 5.0 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged over 8.5 million barrels per day last week, up by 80,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged over 8.4 million barrels per day, 2.2% more than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 923,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 76,000 barrels […]