Weekly oil supply data from the US Department of Energy

  • Prior was -2389K
  • Gasoline +1223K
  • Distillates -762K
  • Production +1.1% w/w
  • Production -4.1% y/y

Here are the expectations:

  • Oil -1500K
  • Gasoline +1000K
  • Distillates +2000K
  • Cushing +1000K

API (released late yesterday)

  • Crude +4680K
  • Gasoline +3910K
  • Distillates +233K

This is a big surprise. After the huge build in the API numbers, the market priced in a build and is not caught on the wrong foot.

The kneejerk reaction was a 70-cent rise in WTI but that was quickly halved. That might be partly due to the rise in production.