Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Crude Oil Rises as U.S. Gasoline Inventories Fall Unexpectedly Last Week

(Bloomberg) -- Crude oil rose, approaching an 11-
month high in New York, after an Energy Department report showed
that U.S. gasoline inventories unexpectedly fell last week.

Supplies dropped 2.24 million barrels, the report showed.
Analysts in a Bloomberg News survey expected an 850,000 barrel
gain. Gasoline imports plunged 36 percent to an average 915,000
barrels a day, the lowest since the week ended March 16, the
report showed. The oil market often follows gasoline during the
summer months, when motor-fuel demand rises to an annual peak.


Read more at Bloomberg Commodities News

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