This week, the American Petroleum Institute (API) estimated the inventory draw for crude oil to be 3.670 million barrels.
U.S. crude inventories have shed some 65 million barrels since the beginning of the year.
Analyst expectations for the week were for a smaller draw of 2.633 million barrels for the week.
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