The numbers through oilprice.com on Twitter:
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Expectations I had seen centred on:
- Headline crude +2.2 mn barrels
- Distillates -1.4 mn bbls
- Gasoline +0.5 mn
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This information level is from a privately-conducted survey by the American Petroleum Institute (API).
- It is a survey of oil storage amenities and firms
- The official report is due Wednesday morning US time.
The 2 studies are fairly totally different.The official authorities information comes from the US Power Data Administration (EIA)
- Its based mostly on information from the Division of Power and different authorities companies
- Whereas data on complete crude oil storage ranges and variations from the earlier week’s ranges are each supplied by the API report, the EIA report additionally supplies statistics on inputs and outputs from refineries, in addition to different important indicators of the standing of the oil market, and storage ranges for numerous grades of crude oil, comparable to gentle, medium, and heavy.
- the EIA report is held to be extra correct and complete than the survey from the API
This text was written by Eamonn Sheridan at www.forexlive.com.
