According to reports from the government office, in that period, oil stocks decreased by 7.9 million barrels, a figure higher than the decline of 4.4 million tons predicted by analysts.
Meanwhile, gasoline inventories increased by one million barrels, when experts expected a drop of 1.8 million barrels.
Distillate reserves —including diesel and heating oil— increased by 3.7 million barrels, compared to the expected increase of 877 thousand per unit.
The entity added that the northern country’s net crude imports contracted last week by 1.1 million barrels a day.
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