U.S. crude oil refinery inputs fell during the week ending Feb. 8, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.
According to the EIA, U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.8 million barrels per day last week, which was 865,000 barrels per day less than the previous week's average. Refineries operated at 85.9 percent of their operable capacity last week.
"The biggest surprise was the massive week-on-week plummet in refinery runs," energy analytics website TankerTrackers wrote on Twitter.
EIA also reported gasoline production decreas last week, averaging 9.6 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production also decreased, averaging 4.8 million barrels per day.
Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 20.8 million barrels per day, up by 0.6 percent from the same period last year.
Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9.0 million barrels per day, up by 0.7 percent from the same period last year.
Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 4.3 million barrels per day over the past four weeks, up by 6.5 percent from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was up 1.2 percent compared with the same four-week period last year.
Meanwhile, the national price for regular gas on Wednesday averaged about 2.27 U.S. dollars per gallon (about 3.8 liters), compared with 2.28 dollars per gallon a week ago, 2.25 dollars per gallon a month ago and 2.56 dollars per gallon a year ago, according to data by the American Automobile Association, a privately held non-profit national member association and service organization in the United States and Canada.
Editor:Cherie
