The Energy Information Administration reported today a crude oil inventory draw of 4.9 million barrels for the week to November 29, after a 1.6-million-barrel increase reported for the previous week. Analysts had expected an inventory decline of 1.798 million barrels and the American Petroleum Institute yesterday estimated inventories had gone down by 3.72 million barrels , which pushed oil prices higher. In gasoline, the EIA reported an inventory increase of 3.4 million barrels for the week to November 27, down from a build of 5.1 million barrels reported for the previous week. Gasoline production averaged 9.9 million bpd. In distillate fuels, the authority estimated a 3.1-million-barrel inventory increase, compared with a build of 700,000 barrels for the previous week. Production last week averaged 5.3 million bpd. Refineries in the United States processed 16.8 million bpd last week, up from 16.2 million bpd a week earlier. Imports averaged 6 million […]