HOUSTON, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. crude oil refinery inputs increased during the week ending Feb. 1, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said on Wednesday.
According to EIA, U.S. crude oil refinery inputs averaged 16.6 million barrels per day last week, which was 170,000 barrels more than the previous week's average. Refineries operated at 90.7 percent of their operable capacity last week.
U.S. gasoline production decreased last week, averaging 9.9 million barrels per day. Distillate fuel production increased, averaging 5.1 million barrels per day.
Total products supplied over the last four-week period averaged 21.2 million barrels per day, up by 2 percent from the same period last year.
Over the past four weeks, motor gasoline product supplied averaged 9 million barrels per day, up by 1.6 percent from the same period last year.
Distillate fuel product supplied averaged 4.5 million barrels per day over the past four weeks, up by 6.4 percent from the same period last year. Jet fuel product supplied was down by 0.5 percent compared with the same four-week period last year.
Meanwhile, the national price for regular gas on Wednesday averaged about 2.28 U.S. dollars per gallon (about 3.8 liters), compared with 2.26 dollars per gallon a week ago, 2.24 dollars per gallon a month ago and 2.60 dollars per gallon a year ago, according to data of the American Automobile Association (AAA), which is a privately held non-profit national member association and service organization in the United States and Canada.
