The volume of commercial crude oil inventories in the US decreased by 7.49 million barrels last week. As of the end of March, this figure is 473.69 million barrels of raw material, informs “Interfax” referring to statistical data from the US Department of Energy (Department of Energy) report.
“Last week, commercial oil reserves in the USA decreased by 7.49 million barrels to 473.69 million barrels. Gasoline commodity stocks decreased by 2.9 million barrels to 226.69 million barrels.
At the same time, industry analysts had expected US oil inventories to increase by 1.75 million barrels and gasoline inventories to decrease by 2.25 million barrels. However, the note stated that the actual stock volume was below estimates until the end of March this year.
29 March The Guardian newspaper reportedThe U.S. Department of the Interior has proposed to auction more than 29 million hectares of land in the central and western Gulf of Mexico for drilling projects in the coming years. According to the US government, more than 1 billion barrels of oil could be extracted from the region in the next 50 years.