U.S. crude oil refinery inputs decrease last week

HOUSTON, March 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil refinery inputs decreased during the Week ending March 22, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said WednesDAY.

According to EIA's data, U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 15.8 million barrels per DAY last Week, 367,000 barrels per DAY less than the previous Week's average. U.S. refineries operated at 86.6 percent of their operable capacity.

The EIA also reported a decrease in gasoline production, averaging 9.7 million barrels per DAY. Distillate fuel production was up last Week, averaging 4.9 million barrels per DAY.

Total products supplied over the last four-Week period averaged 20.7 million barrels per DAY, down by 0.1 percent from the same period last year.

Over the past four Weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9.2 million barrels per DAY, down by 1.9 percent from the same period last year.

Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 4.3 million barrels per DAY over the past four Weeks, up by 6 percent from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was up 0.3 percent compared with the same four-Week period last year. Enditem