For the week ending January 13 the latest Platts survey is looking for a 2.6 million barrel build in crude oil stocks, a 1.4 million barrel rise in distillate supplies, and a 3.0 million barrel gain in gasoline inventories. Looking first at crude oil, right or wrong we would look for a retracement in imports from the prior week’s above-trend rate, and steady runs. With domestic crude oil production continuing to average modestly below 5.9 MMB/D, our arithmetic would suggest a gain in stocks smaller than consensus expectations.
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