Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the week ending February 21, 2020
U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.0 million barrels per day during the week ending February 21, 2020, which was 202,000 barrels per day less than the previous week’s average. Refineries operated at 87.9% of their operable capacity last week. Gasoline production increased last week, averaging 9.8 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased last week, averaging 4.8 million barrels per day. U.S. crude oil imports averaged 6.2 million barrels per day last week, down by 330,000 barrels per day from the previous week. Over the past four weeks, crude oil imports averaged about 6.6 million barrels per day, 1.6% less than the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports (including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week averaged 405,000 barrels per day, and distillate fuel imports averaged 177,000 barrels per day. […]