Commercial crude oil inventories in the US fell by 0.910 million barrels in the week ending November 26, a weekly report published by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed on Wednesday. This was smaller than the expected draw of 1.273 million barrels.
Distillate stocks saw a larger than expected build of 2.16M barrels (forecasts were for a 0.462M barrel build). Gasoline stocks also saw a larger than expected build of 4.029M barrels (forecasts were for a 0.029M barrel build).
WTI fell slightly in wake of the bearish inventory numbers, with WTI now trading just above $68.00 versus pre-data levels above $68.50.