Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- EIA stated yesterday that for the week ending September 11, 2026, US refineries processed 17.3 million barrels per day (b/d), down 256,000 b/d from the previous week, at 96.8% capacity utilization. Gasoline output averaged 9.6 million b/d, and distillate production decreased to 5.2 million b/d. Crude oil imports increased 234,000 b/d to 7.1 million b/d, and the four- week average of 6.7 million b/d is 7.5% above the year-ago level. Gasoline imports averaged 537,000 b/d; distillate imports averaged 114,000 b/d.
Commercial crude oil inventories (excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) decreased 0.6 million barrels to 423.4 million barrels, 1% above the five-year average. Gasoline inventories increased 0.8 million barre...