EIA: PADD 2 Distillate Fuel Oil Stocks Rose 2.4M Bbl

DAVENPORT, FL (DTN) — PADD 2 Midwest distillate fuel oil inventories saw a sizable build in the week ended September 5, while gasoline supplies rose modestly and regional crude oil stocks registered a draw, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration data released Wednesday (9/10).

PADD 2 distillate inventories increased by 2.4 million bbls to 30.6 million bbls in the profiled week, 1.7 million bbls below the comparable period of last year.

Midwest gasoline stocks rose by 600,000 bbls to 45.6 million bbls, which was 900,000 bbls below the volume reported during the same week of last year.

Gasoline imports in the same region totaled 14,000 bpd, up by 3,000 bpd week-on-week and 7,000 bpd year-on-year.

Midwest jet fuel inventories were steady at 7.6 million bbls, unchanged from the prior week and slightly below the 8.0 million bbls reported in the same week last year. PADD 2 again registered no distillate and jet fuel imports last week.

PADD 2  crude oil inventories declined by 1.7 million bbls to 104.1 million bbls in the reference week, 2.4 million bbls higher than in the same period last year.