The EIA’s data release follows API’s figures that were released a day earlier, which suggested that crude oil inventories contracted by 3.674 million barrels. For total motor gasoline, the EIA reported an increase of 4.1 million barrels, after the week prior’s 1.1-million-barrel decrease. The most recent figures showed average daily gasoline production decreasing to 9.3 million barrels. For middle distillates, inventories increased by 600,000 barrels, with production decreasing to 5 million barrels daily. Total products supplied over the last four weeks slipped to 20.3 million barrels per day, up 1.2% compared to the same period last year.