The U.S. Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Crude Oil Inventories is out Thursday morning (US time)

  • Due at 11 am EST
  • Meanwhile, this is the private survey
  • Both have been delayed a day due to the US holiday on Monday (February 20)

Expectations for the EIA are that crude stocks increased by around 3.3 mln barrels last week (via Reuters poll).

Added - those expectations may well change after this surprise draw in headline crude