US crude imports dip below 10-mil b/d, gasoline output down: EIA

New York (Platts)--20Apr2005

US crude imports fell by 145,000 b/d to 9.7-mil b/d last week, the Energy
Information Administration reported Wednesday. EIA noted that over the last
four weeks, crude imports have averaged over 10-mil b/d, but were 58,000 b/d
less than during the comparable four-week average last year. 

Gasoline imports last week inched up to 1.09-mil b/d from the prior week's
1.002-mil b/d, while distillate fuel imports of 282,000 b/d were higher than
the 253,000 b/d for the prior week. EIA did not release any preliminary
information on the origin of crude or product imports. US refinery inputs last
week rose by 137,000 b/d to nearly 15.4-mil b/d, according to EIA, as
refineries operated at 91.8%, upfrom 91% in the prior week. But EIA noted
that, despite the  increase in refinery inputs, gasoline production dipped to
8.660-mil b/d from 8.698-mil b/d in the prior week. Distillate output,
however, rose to 4.093-mil b/d from 4.078-mil b/d, according to EIA's data.

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