On Thursday, the oil market is showing a rise after the release of data from the US Department of Energy on crude oil reserves in the country, which showed a decrease in oil and gasoline reserves before the start of the automotive season. The current Brent quote is $111.60 (the daily maximum is at $111.86 per barrel). WTI oil is trading at $111.11 per barrel. According to the report of the Ministry of Energy, commercial oil reserves in the United States for the week ended May 20 decreased by 1.02 million barrels to 419.8 million barrels. Experts on average expected a decrease in reserves by 2.13 million barrels. Stocks at the terminal in Cushing decreased by 1.1 million barrels. Oil production remained at 11.9 million barrels. Gasoline stocks decreased by 482 thousand barrels, distillates – increased by 1.66 million barrels. Analysts expected a reduction in gasoline stocks by 2.13 million barrels and an increase in distillate stocks by 1 million barrels. Earlier this week, it was also reported that the administration of US President Joe Biden is considering restricting the export of petroleum products from the country to curb the rise in gasoline and diesel fuel prices.
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