Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending March 23, 2018 U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged about 16.8 million barrels per day during the week ending March 23, 2018, 18,000 barrels per day more than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 92.3% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging over 10.3 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased last week, averaging over 4.8 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged about over 8.1 million barrels per day last week, up by 1.1 million barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude oil imports averaged 7.7 million barrels per day, 4.0% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 685,000 barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 150,000 barrels […]