Global benchmark Brent oil prices rose above $75 a barrel on Thursday as crude inventories in the world’s top oil consumer, the United States, fell to their lowest since January 2020.
Analysts had expected the EIA to report a crude oil inventory draw of 3.43 million barrels for the week to July 23.
In gasoline, the EIA estimated an inventory draw of 2.3 million barrels for last week, with production averaging 9.8 million bpd. This compared with a modest stock decline of 100,000 barrels reported for the previous week and average production of 9.1 million bpd.
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