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EIA: Crude, gasoline inventories drop, so does refinery production

GasBuddy Blog -- The Energy Information Administration released its weekly report on the condition of petroleum inventories in the United States today.

Here are some highlights:

CRUDE INVENTORIES:
Crude oil inventories decreased by 2.4 million barrels to a total of 365.2 million barrels. At 365.2 million barrels, inventories are 24.2 million barrels above last year (7.1%) and are above the upper limit of the average range.

GASOLINE INVENTORIES:
Gasoline inventories decreased by 0.5 million barrels to 195.8 million barrels. At 195.8 million barrels, inventories are down 19.0 million barrels, or 8.9% lower than last year. Here's how individual regions and their gasoline inventory fared last week: East Coast (-1.0mb);...

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Submitted Sep 26, 2012 By: PD

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honda0105 Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:18,818 Points:1,636,245 Joined:Nov 2008	Message Posted: Sep 30, 2012 7:47:11 AM Ignore honda0105 Report Abuse inventories are no indicator of prices at the pump. Pieces of useless information.
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mrjames1818 Champion Author New Jersey Posts:1,686 Points:2,025,795 Joined:Mar 2004	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2012 11:28:11 AM Ignore mrjames1818 Report Abuse What a bunch of BS - cut refinery production - keep cost of gas up - export excess oil. And we give these companies tax breaks!!!!
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OldMan322 Champion Author Illinois Posts:5,282 Points:1,621,905 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2012 7:28:47 AM Ignore OldMan322 Report Abuse And Oil production is the highest since 1997, beware of numbers that lie
jcdakota Champion Author Baltimore Posts:1,427 Points:377,345 Joined:Nov 2010	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2012 6:22:21 AM Ignore jcdakota Report Abuse Great oil prices are dropping so the industry drops production of refineries to gouge the public !!!
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teamsimons Champion Author South Carolina Posts:2,576 Points:525,955 Joined:Aug 2011	Message Posted: Sep 27, 2012 5:00:31 AM Ignore teamsimons Report Abuse Now that Hurricane Isaac is well past, why is refinery production still down? Why are crude oil and gasoline inventories down? This doesn't make sense. Meanwhile, we're seeing a gradual easing of gas prices in our area -- thank goodness!
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