EIA's Weekly Petroleum Report -- The Week Of Hurricane Ida -- Barely A Regional Story When It Came To Energy -- September 9, 2021

EIA weekly petroleum report, link here:

• US crude oil inventories dropped by an unremarkable 1.5 million bbls; yawn
• US crude oil inventories now stand at 423.9 million bbls; 6% below the five-year average; yawn
• Hurricane Ida: refiners operating at 82% of their operable capacity
• US crude oil imports averaged 5.8 million bbls per day last week; decreased by 0.5 million bbls per day; yawn
• over the past four weeks, the average of 6.2 million bbls per day imports is 12.2% more than the same four-week period last year -- noteworthy, especially for Russia, now that Resident Biden killed the Keystone XL
• distillate fuel inventories decreased by 3.1 million bbls; are 12% below the five-year average
• total petroleum inventories decreased by 10 million bbls last week
• jet fuel supplies was up 65.3% compared to same four-week period last year

 Really, really good news. Look at the jump in the most recent week provided:

Jet Fuel Delivered, Change, Four-Week/Four-Week
Week	Date of Report	Change
Week 54	June 3, 2021	137.80%
Week 55	June 10, 2021	95.10%
Week 56	June 16, 2021	86.80%
Week 56	June 23, 2021	97.50%
Week 57	June 30, 2021	83.50%
Week 58	July 8, 2021	89.10%
Week 59	July 14, 2021	65.90%
Week 60	July 21, 2021	49.50%
Week 61	July 28, 2021	39.40%
Week 62	August 4, 2021	42.90%
Week 63	August 11, 2021	45.80%
Week 64	August 18, 2021	56.10%
Week 65	August 25, 2021	45.40%
Week 66	September 1, 2021	51.70%
Seek 66	September 9, 2021	65.30%

Really, really bad news, almost no weeks in which there has been a distillate build. I am being told that farmers are being "killed" by the high price of propane and diesel. Quick: from where do we get distillates? Be specific.

Distillate Fuel Inventories
Week	Date of Report	Change in Millions
Week 42	June 10, 2021	4.40
Week 43	June 16, 2021	-1.00
Week 44	June 23, 2021	1.80
Week 45	June 30, 2021	0.90
Week 46	July 8, 2021	1.60
Week 47	July 14, 2021	3.70
Week 48	July 21, 2021	-1.30
Week 49	July 28, 2021	-3.10
Week 50	August 4, 2021	0.80
Week 51	August 11, 2021	1.80
Week 52	August 18, 2021	-2.70
Week 53	August 25, 2021	0.60
Week 54	September 1, 2021	-1.70