U.S. Petroleum Weekly – July 11, 2011
(For The Week Ending July 1, 2011)
Crude oil and distillates stocks recorded small declines. Supply/demand balance is tight.
Release of strategic reserve will have, in my view, relatively small effect on supply/demand balance, so the price weakness is probably short-term.
Crude stocks fell 0.9 million barrels; Gasoline stocks were down 0.6 million barrels; Distillate stocks decreased 0.2 million barrels; Propane/propylene stocks rose 2.3 million barrels; Other oils stocks rose 1.9 million barrels; Total crude oil and petroleum stocks fell 0.5 million barrels.