Commercial oil reserves in the United States decreased by 2,392 thousand barrels and amounted to 418,292 thousand barrels, announced the Energy Information Administration (EIA) under the US Department of Energy, APA-Economics reports.
According to the information, analysts had previously predicted that US commercial oil reserves would decrease by 1,700 thousand barrels.
It should be noted that information on US oil reserves significantly affects the price of "black gold" on the world market.