The EIA's Weekly Petroleum Report -- April 20, 2022

The EIA weekly report:

• US crude oil in storage decreased by 8.0 million bbls, vs a 9.0-million-bbl increase last week;
  
• US crude oil in storage now stands at 413.7 million bbls; 15% below the five-year average;
  
• US imported 5.8 million bbls per day last week; down by 159,000 bbls per day; over the past four week weeks, crude oil imports have averaged about 6.1 million bbls per day (yawn);
  
• US refiners now operating at 91.0% of their operable capacity last week;
• distillate inventories decreased by another 2.7 million bbls last week; inventories are now 20% below the five-year average;
  
• jet fuel delivered was up 15.7% compared with the same four-week period last year.
  

Distillate fuel:

Distillate Fuel	Date of Report	Change in Millions	Relative to 5-Year  average
Week 77	February 9, 2022	0.90	-19.0%
Week 78	February 16, 2022	-1.60	-19.0%
Week 79	February 24, 2022	-0.60	-18.0%
Week 80	March 2, 2022	-0.60	-16.0%
Week 81	March 9, 2022	-5.20	-18.0%
Week 82	March 16, 2022	0.03	-16.0%
Week 83	March 23, 2022	-2.10	-17.0%
Week 84	March 30, 2022	1.40	-16.0%
Week 85	April 6, 2022	0.80	-15.0%
Week 86	April 13, 2022	-2.90	-17.0%
Week 87	April 20, 2022	-2.70	-20.0%