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Summary of Weekly Petroleum Data for the Week Ending July 3, 2009

U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged nearly 15.0 million barrels per day
during the week ending July 3, relatively unchanged from the previous week's
average. Refineries operated at 86.8 percent of their operable capacity last
week. Gasoline production rose slightly last week, averaging nearly 9.3 million
barrels per day. Distillate fuel production decreased last week,
averaging 4.0 million barrels per day.

U.S. crude oil imports averaged 9.2 million barrels per day last week, down 139
thousand barrels per day from the previous week. Over the last four weeks, crude
oil imports have averaged 9.2 million barrels per day, 775 thousand barrels per
day below the same four-week period last year. Total motor gasoline imports
(including both finished gasoline and gasoline blending components) last week
averaged 1.2 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel imports averaged 221
thousand barrels per day last week.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic
Petroleum Reserve) decreased by 2.9 million barrels from the previous week. At
347.3 million barrels, U.S. crude oil inventories are above the upper boundary
of the average range for this time of year. Total motor gasoline inventories
increased by 1.9 million barrels last week, and are in the upper half of the
average range. Both finished gasoline inventories and gasoline blending
components increased last week. Distillate fuel inventories increased by 3.7
million barrels, and are above the upper boundary of the average range for this
time of year. Propane/propylene inventories increased by 1.3 million barrels
last week and are above the upper limit of the average range. Total commercial
petroleum inventories increased by 5.1 million barrels last week, and are above
the upper limit of the average range for this time of year.

Total products supplied over the last four-week period has averaged about 18.4
million barrels per day, down by 5.9 percent compared to the similar period last
year. Over the last four weeks, motor gasoline demand has averaged nearly 9.2
million barrels per day, up by 1.3 percent from the same period last year.
Distillate fuel demand has averaged about 3.3 million barrels per day over the
last four weeks, down by 12.3 percent from the same period last year. Jet fuel
demand is 13.2 percent lower over the last four weeks compared to the same
four-week period last year.

The tables that follow display the latest U.S. Petroleum Balance Sheet and the
most recent 4 weeks of Weekly Petroleum Status Report data.



http://www.eia.doe.gov/pub/oil_gas/petroleum/data_publications/weekly_petroleum_status_report/current/txt/wpsr.txt



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